Marillion - Gaza Chords

E5
When I was young it all seemed like a game
E5
Living here brought no sense of shame
E5
But now I'm older I've come to understand
E5
Once we had houses, once we had land
E5
They rained down bullets on us as our homes collapsed
E5
We lay beneath the rubble terrified
 
Asus2     G#m
Hoping... Dare we dream?
           Asus2                      E5
We gave up waiting - for us, to dream is still a dream
 
B5
When I woke up, the house was broken stones
B5
We suddenly had nothing and nothing's changed
 
E5
We live, eight people, in this overcrowded heat
E5
Factory-farmed animals living in our own sweat
E5
Living like this is all my baby brother ever knew
E5
The world does nothing - what can we do?
 
Asus2
We will kick the ball, we will skip the rope
G#m
We will play outside - be careful!
Asus2
We will paint and draw, we will say our prayers
 
E5
Outside the pitiless sun bleaches the broken streets
E5
The darkness drops in the evening like an iron door
E5
The men play cards under torchlight, the women stay inside
E5
Hell can erupt in a moment, day or night
 
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Bb|------------------7--6---|
Gb|-6---6----6--7--4--------| x4
Db|-------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------|
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E5
F#m E F#m E F#m E F#m
 
E                          F#m
You ask for trouble if you stray too close to the wall
E         F#m                    E
My father died feeding the birds
G#m                        F#m
Mum goes in front of me to check for soldiers
 
C#m                      F#m
For every hot-head stone ten come back
C#m                        B
For every hot-head stone a hundred come back
A                          F#m
For every rocket fired the drones come back
 
F#m B x6
 
Eb5
For thirteen years the roads have all been closed
Eb5
We're isolated, we're denied medical supplies
Eb5
Fuel and work are scarce, they build houses on our farms
            Eb5
The old men weep, the young men take up arms
 
Eb5
We're packed like chickens in this town of block cement
        Eb5
I get a headache from the diesel; when it rains, the sewers too
  Eb5
I had no idea what martyrdom meant
         Eb5
Until my older brother... my older brother... I'm sorry
 
A5               Ab5 Db5 Eb5
I can't continue
            A5    Ab5      Db5 Eb5
You sow the wind, you reap the whirlwind, it is said
            Eb5               B5
When people know they have no future
Eb5
Can we blame them if we cannot tame them?
               A5
And when their hopes and dreams are broken
         B5
And they feel they might as well be dead
Eb5                    A5
As they go, will we forgive them
Ab5             N.C.
If they take us with them?
 
     F#m   E
Stay close
     B    A
Stay home
     G#m  E
Stay calm
     B     C#m
Have faith
 
F#m              E          B            A
With the love of our family we can rise above anything
G#m     E                   B       C#m
Someday surely someone must help us
F#m              E          B            A
With the love of our family we can rise above anything
G#m     E                   B       C#m
Someday surely someone must help us
F#m         E
Even now we will go to school
B           A
Even now we will dream to dream
G#m     E                   B       C#m
Someday surely someone must help us
 
C#m G#m F#m A
 
C#m                                G#m
Nothing's ever simple - that's for sure
          F#m                                   A
There are grieving mothers on both sides of the wire
    C#m                           B                    F#m      A
And everyone deserves a chance to feel the future just might be bright
    C#m                           G#m
But any way you look at it - whichever point of view
    F#m
For us to have to live like this
   A
It just ain't right, it just ain't right
   C#m              E F#m A
It just ain't right
 
Am Cmaj7 Dm F Em
Am Cmaj7 Dm F
 
   Am                                    Cmaj7
We all want peace and freedom that's for sure
    Dm                                    F
But peace won't come from standing on our necks
    Am                            Cmaj7                Dm       F
And everyone deserves a chance to feel the future just might be bright
    Am                              Cmaj7
But any way you look at this - whichever point of view
    Dm
For us to have to live like this
   F
It just ain't right, it just ain't right
   Am               Cmaj7 Dm F F#m
It just ain't right
 
            F#m
It's like a nightmare rose up slouching towards Bethlehem
       F#m
Like a nightmare rose up from this small strip of land
            F#m
Slouching towards Bethlehem
 
A E F#m A B F#m
 
            A              E            F#m
It's like a nightmare rose up from this small strip of land
            A     B     F#m
Slouching towards Bethlehem
            A              E            F#m
It's like a nightmare rose up from this small strip of land
            A     B     F#m
Slouching towards Bethlehem
            A              E            F#m
It's like a nightmare rose up from this small strip of land
            A     B     F#m
Slouching towards Bethlehem
            A              E          F#m
It's like a nightmare rose up, like a nightmare rose up
            A     B     F#m
Slouching towards Bethlehem
 
        A         E        F#m
I can't know what twist of history did this to me
            A          B                   F#m
It's like a nightmare, surely someone must help us
            A                               E
It's like a nightmare, with the love of our family
F#m
We can rise above anything
  A     B     F#m
Towards Bethlehem
N.C.
Someday surely someone must help us...