M.I.A. chords by
Avenged Sevenfold 
Key: D minor•
Intro 1
Dm
Dm
Bb
Bb
C
C
F
A
Dm
Dm
Bb
Bb
C
C
F
A
Verse 1
Dm
Staring at the carnage,
Bb
C
praying that the sun will never rise
F
A
Dm
Living an other day in dis guise
Bb
C
These feelings can't be right
F
A
Dm
Lend me your courage to stand up and fight
Bb
C
F
A
on to night
Dm
Bb
C
F
Please
A
Dm
Dm
Stand up and fight
Interlude 1
Dm
Bb
C
A
Dm
Bb
C
F
Bb
Dm
Bb
C
A
Dm
Bb
C
F
Bb
Verse 2
Dm
Now fighting rages
Bb
on and on
Gm
To challenge me you must
C
F
C
be strong
Dm
I'll walk your land but don't
Bb
be long
Gm
Two million soldiers can't
C
F
C
be wrong
Pre-chorus 1
Ddim
F
Dm
It's no fun
Ddim
but I've been here be fore
F
Dm
I'm far from home
and I'm fighting your war
Bb
F
(Not the way I pictured this,
Am
Bb
I wanted better things)
Ddim
F
Dm
Some are scared
Ddim
others killing for fun,
F
Dm
I shot a mother right in front of her son
Bb
F
(Change this from my consciousness
Am
Bb
and please erase my dreams)
Chorus 1
Dm
Bb
Fight for honor, fight for your life
C
F
Pray to God that our side is right
Gm
Am
Bb
You know we won but still may lose,
C
un til I make it home to you
Dm
Bb
I see your mother filled with tears
C
F
Grew up so fast, where did those years go
Gm
Am
Bb
Memories won't let you cry
C
un less I don't return tonight
Interlude 2
Dm
Bb
C
A
Dm
Bb
C
F
Bb
Dm
Bb
C
A
Dm
Bb
C
F
Bb
Pre-chorus 2
Ddim
F
Dm
So many soldiers
Ddim
on the other side,
F
Dm
I take their lives so they can't take mine
Bb
F
(Scared to make it out alive now
Am
Bb
murder's all I know)
Ddim
F
Dm
No body tells me
Ddim
all the reasons we're here,
F
Dm
I am a weapon so there's nothing to fear
Bb
F
(...nother day an oth er life but
Am
Bb
nothing real to show for)
Chorus 2
Dm
Bb
Fight for honor, fight for your life
C
F
Pray to God that our side is right
Gm
Am
Bb
You know we won but still may lose,
C
un til I make it home to you
Dm
Bb
I see your mother filled with tears
C
F
Grew up so fast, where did those years go
Gm
Am
Bb
Memories won't let you cry
C
un less I don't return tonight
Verse 3
Dm
Staring at the carnage,
Bb
C
praying that the sun will never rise
F
A
Dm
Living an other day in dis guise
Bb
C
These feelings can't be right
F
A
Lend me your courage to stand up and...
Bridge 1
Dm
Watching the death toll rise
Dm
wondering how I'm a live
Em
F
Bb
Stran gers' blood on my hands, shot all I can
Dm
There were no silent nights
Dm
watching your brothers all die
Em
F
Bb
To des troy all their plans
with no thought of me
Dm
C
F
(no thought of me)
A
No thought of
Solo 1
Dm
Dm
Bb
Bb
(me)
C
C
A
A
Dm
Dm
Bb
Bb
C
C
A
A
Dm
Dm
Bb
Bb
C
C
A
A
Dm
Dm
Bb
Bb
C
C
A
A
Dm
Dm
Bb
Bb
C
C
A
A
Dm
Dm
Bb
Bb
C
C
A
A
Interlude 3
Dm
Dm
Bb
Bb
Woh woh- oh, oh wo- woh
C
C
F
F
Woh woh- oh, oh- oh- oh- oh
Gm
Gm
A
Bb
Woh- oh oh- oh oh, woh- oh!
C
C
C
A
Woh- oh- oh- oh- oh- oh- oh!
Dm
Dm
Bb
Bb
Woh woh- oh, oh wo- woh
C
C
F
F
Woh woh- oh, oh- oh- oh- oh
Gm
Gm
A
Bb
Woh- oh oh- oh oh, woh- oh!
C
C
C
A
Woh- oh- oh- oh- oh- oh- oh!
Solo 2
Dm
Dm
Bb
Bb
C
C
F
A
Dm
Dm
Bb
Bb
C
C
F
A
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Dm
Interlude 4
Dm
Dm
Bb
Bb
C
C
F
A
Dm
Dm
Bb
Bb
C
C
F
A
Verse 4
Dm
Walk the city lonely
Bb
C
Memories that haunt are passing by
F
A
Dm
A murderer walks your street to night
Bb
C
For give me for my crimes,
F
A
Bb
C
don't for get that I was so young
Dm
C#
Fought so scared in the name of
Eb
C#
God
C
C
C
and coun try
Outro 1
Dm
Dm
Bb
Bb
C
C
Dm
A
[Repeat and fade]
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsDm Bb C F A...
Dm
Bb
C
F
A
Gm
Ddim
Am
Em
C#
Eb
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