Hi! So, I really wanted to play an acoustic version of M.I.A., but couldn't find 
any chords on the internet, so I simply sat down with my piano and tabbed it 
myself. I'm pretty sure it's about 90% accurate, or something along those lines, 
but I took the liberty of mixing up the chords a little with parallel keys, so as 
to not make it very repetitive. 

No capo
Standard tuning

Dm xx0231
Gm 355333
C  x32010
Bb 113331
F  133211
Fm 133111




Dm
Staring at the carnage
Gm                               C
Praying that the sun would never rise
        Bb               Dm
Living another day in disguise
       Gm               C
These feelings can't be right
             Bb                      Dm
Lend me your courage to stand up and fight
Gm   C           Bb
On tonight

Dm Gm C Bb
Ooooo....
             Dm
Stand up and fight

Dm                        Bb
The fighting rages on and on
Gm                          C
To challenge me you must be strong
Dm                         Bb
I walk your land but don't belong
Gm                            C
Two million soldiers can't be wrong

Dm                              Bb
It's no fun but I've been here before
                                        F
I'm far from home and I'm fighting your war
                                Bb
(Not the way I pictured this, I wanted better things)
Dm                                  Bb
Some are scared, others killing for fun
                                      F
I shot a mother right in front of her son
                                      Bb
(Take this from my consciousness, and please erase my dreams)

Dm               Bb
Fight for honor, fight for your life
C                F        
Pray to God that our side is right
    Gm               Dm
And though we won, I still may lose
Gm              C
Until I make it home to you
Dm                Bb
I see our mothers filled with tears
C                     F 
Grew up so fast where did those years go?
Gm            Dm
Memories won't let you cry 
Gm               C
Unless I don't return tonight

Dm                            Bb
So many soldiers on the other side
                                      F
I take their lives so they can't take mine
                                  Bb
(Scared to make it out alive, now murder's all I know)
Dm                                    Bb
Nobody tells me all the reasons we're here
                                        F
I have my weapon so there's nothing to fear
                                Bb
(Another day, another life, but nothing real to show for)

Dm               Bb
Fight for honor, fight for your life
C                F        
Pray to God that our side is right
    Gm               Dm
And though we won, I still may lose
Gm              C
Until I make it home to you
Dm                Bb
I see our mothers filled with tears
C                     F 
Grew up so fast where did those years go?
Gm            Dm
Memories won't let you cry 
Gm               C
Unless I don't return tonight

Dm                      
Staring at the carnage
Gm                               C
Praying that the sun would never rise
       Bb             Dm
Living another day in disguise
      Gm                C
These feelings can't be right
             Bb                      Dm
Lend me your courage to stand up and fight

Dm                            C                 Dm
Watching the death toll rise, wondering how I'm alive
           Gm                      Bb
Strangers' blood on my hands, I've shot all I can
Dm                          C                          Dm
There are no silent nights, watching your brothers all die
       Gm                       Bb
To destroy all their plans with no thought of me
Dm C          F   C            Dm
No thought of me, no thought of me

Dm Bb C F Gm Dm C
Ohhhhh.....

Dm
Walk the city lonely
Gm                              C
Memories that haunt are passing by
           Bb                  Dm  
A murderer walks your street tonight
   Gm             C
Forgive me for my crimes
Bb                  Gm     Dm
Don't forget that I was so young
                        Fm              C                 Dm  
Fought so scared in the name of God and country




Hope you enjoyed, and feel free to let me know if you think there is any way to 
make this better. :)