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Intro 1
(A minor) (E major) (A minor) (E major)
Verse 1
(A minor) Young Abdel Mahdi
Shahmay was only 18 years old,
He was the youngest of nine children
(D minor) He (A minor) never spent a night away (E major) from home.
And his (D minor) mother held his photograph
(E major) up in the New York Times (A minor)
To see (E major) the (A minor) killing has (E major) in tensified (A minor)
(D minor) along (A minor) the road (E major) to (A minor) peace
(E major) He was a
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Verse 2
(A minor) tall,
thin boy with a whispy moustache
Disguised as an (E major) orthodox (A minor) Jew
On a crowded bus in Jerusalem,
(D minor) some had sur (A minor) vived (E major) World (D minor) War (E major) Two
And the (D minor) thunderous explosion blew out
win (E major) dows two hundred yard (A minor) s away
(E major) With (A minor) more retribution and seventeen
dead along the road (E major) to peace
(A minor)
Verse 3
Now at King George Ave and Jaffa (D minor) Road
passen (A minor) gers boarded (E major) bus (A minor) 14A
In the aisle (E major) next to the (A minor) driver (D minor)
(A minor) Abdel Mahdi (D minor) (E major) Shahmay
And the (D minor) last thing that he said on
Earth is, "God (E major) is great and God is (A minor) good"
And he blew them all (E major) to (A minor) kingdom
come (D minor) (A minor) upon the road (E major) to (A minor) peace
Verse 4
(A minor)
Now in response to (E major) this (A minor) another kiss of
death was (E major) visited upon (A minor)
Yasser Taha, Israel says is an
Hama (E major) s senior mil (A minor) itant
And (D minor) Israel sent four choppers in,
flames (E major) engulfed his white (A minor) Opel
And it killed his wife (E major) and his
three (A minor) year old child
Leaving only blackened (E major) skel (A minor) etons
Verse 5
(A minor)
They found his toddler's bottle
and a pair of small shoes (E major)
And they (A minor) waved them in
(E major) front of the (A minor) cameras
But Israel says they did not know (E major)
(A minor) That his wife and child (E major) were in the (A minor) car
There are (D minor) roadblocks everywhere
and only suffering (E major) on TV (A minor)
Neither (E major) side will (A minor) ever give up (D minor)
their smal (A minor) lest right (D minor)
Along (A minor) the (E major) road to (A minor) peace (E major) (A minor)
Verse 6
Israel launched (E major) its latest (A minor) campaign against
(E major) Hamas on (A minor) Tuesday (E major) (A minor)
Two days later (E major) (A minor) Hamas shot (D minor) back
and (A minor) killed five (E major) Israeli (A minor) soldiers
So (D minor) thousands dead and
wounded on both
Sides most of (E major) them middle eastern ci (A minor) vilians
(E major) They fill their (A minor) children (E major) full of hate
to fight (A minor) an old man's war
And die upon the (E major) road to peace
(A minor)
Verse 7
(E major)
"And (A minor) this is our (E major) land we
will fight (A minor) with all
Our force" say the (E major)
Palastinians and the (A minor) Jews
Each side will cut (E major) off the hand of
(A minor) Anyone who tries to (E major) stop the (A minor) resistance
(E major) If the (D minor) right eye offends thee then
you (E major) must pluck it out (A minor) (D minor)
And (A minor) Mahmoud Ab (E major) bas said
Shar (A minor) on had been (D minor) lost (E major)
(A minor) Out along the (E major) road to peace
(A minor)
Verse 8
(E major)
Once (A minor) Kissing (E major) er said "we (A minor) have no friends, (D minor)
(A minor) America only (E major) has (A minor) interests"
Now our president wants
to be seen as a hero
And he's hungry for (E major) a re- elec (A minor) tion
(D minor) But Bush is reluctant to risk his future
In the (E major) fear of his political (A minor) failures
So he plays chess at his desk
and poses for the press
(D minor) Ten thou (A minor) sand miles (E major) from
the road to (A minor) peace (E major) (A minor)
Verse 9
(A minor) (E major)
In the (A minor) video (E major) that they (A minor) found at the (D minor) home
of Ab (A minor) del Mah (E major) di (A minor) Shahmay
He held a Kalashnikov (E major) (A minor) rifle (D minor) (E major) and
he spoke (A minor) with a (E major) voice like a (A minor) boy
He was an (D minor) excellent student,
He studied so hard,
it was (E major) as if he had a fu (A minor) ture
(E major) He (A minor) told his mother that he
had a test that (D minor) day
(A minor) Out along the (E major) road to (A minor) peace
Verse 10
(A minor)
The fun (E major) damentalist killing on both
Sides (D minor) is standing (E major) in the path of peace (A minor)
But tell me why are we (E major) arming the
(D minor) Is raeli (A minor) (D minor) army with (E major) guns
(A minor) and tanks (E major) and (A minor) bullets?
And if (D minor) God is great and God is good
Why can't he (E major) change the hearts of men? (A minor)
Well maybe God himself is
lost (A minor) and needs help (D minor)
Maybe (A minor) God himself (E major) he
need (A minor) s all of our help
Maybe (A minor) God himself (E major) is lost (A minor)
and needs (E major) help
He's (A minor) out upon the road to peace
Verse 11
Well maybe (A minor) God himself (E major) is
lost (A minor) and needs (E major) help
Maybe (A minor) God himself (E major) he
needs all (A minor) of our help
And he's lost upon the (E major) road to (A minor) peace
And he's lost upon the road to (A minor) peace
Out upon the road (E major) to (A minor) peace.
(A minor)
Road to peace
Tom waits
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