Intro: D C#m Bm A

A                 D                  E                   A
The songs of my ancestors still ricochet through the wind,
                 D                  E                 A
And the smoke is rising through the words I and I sing.
                D         E                 A
Music is my ammunition; I fire down Babylon!

[one more time]
                   D                E                    A
The songs of my ancestors still ricochet through the wind,
                 D                  E                 A
And the smoke is rising through the words I and I sing.
                D       E                A
Music is my ammunition; fire down Babylon!

A             F#m    D              E
Imprisonment, poverty and Babylon's system;
      ( D C#m Bm A )
We've been suffering all this time (all this time)
        F#m                    D        E
I and I keep on chanting down 'Till our children will face
( D C#m Bm A )
The front of that line

[I gotta say]
                  D                  E                   A
The songs of my ancestors still ricochet through the wind
(through the wind),
                 D                  E                 A
And the smoke is rising through the words I and I sing.
                D               E                 A
Music is my ammunition, lord; I fire down Babylon!

[one more time]
                  D                 E                    A
The songs of my ancestors still ricochet through the wind,
                 D                  E                 A
And the smoke is rising through the words I and I sing.
                 D              E                A
Music is my ammunition, lord; I fire down Babylon!

[Roberto Luti Guitar Solo] ( A D E A ) 4X
A         D           E           A
Peace and dignity are not very far out of our reach
              D
It just comes down (just comes down)
E               A
to what I and I choose to teach
         F#m     D          E
Truth and honesty will free our hearts
    ( D C#m Bm A )
And free our minds (free our minds)
      F#m            D          E
So then our children can live together as one
( D C#m Bm A )
'Till the end of time

[I gotta say]
A                                   E                    A
The songs of my ancestors still ricochet through the wind,
                 D                  E                 A
And the smoke is rising through the words I and I sing.
                 D              E                 A
Music is my ammunition, lord; I fire down Babylon!
                  D                 E                    A
The songs of my ancestors still ricochet through the wind
(through the wind),
                 D                  E                 A
And the smoke is rising through the words I and I sing.
                D               E                A
Music is my ammunition, lord; I fire down Babylon!
                D         E                 A
Music is my ammunition; I fire down Babylon!
                D         E                 A
Music is my ammunition; I fire down Babylon!

[one more time]
                D               E                D C#m Bm A
Music is my ammunition, lord; I fire down Babylon!