Tabbed by: Kengus Standard tuning VERSE1 D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5 I woke up this morning, hunger was gnawing my soul D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5 But the preacher man's sermon, won't put no food in my bowl D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5 Abidjan to Monrovia, looking for food and a home D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 Gm... Instead I found factions and armies, in the middle of a combat zone CHORUS ...C5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5 I want love, I need love, I---I want love C5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5 I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl VERSE2 D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5 Here in this tribal warfare, for food you need money or a gun D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5 I signed up, whose side I don't care, at least now I'm someone D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5 At parade time the grown-ups are cruel, and all of the soldiers are small D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 Gm... Commanders and captains and colonels, all kids with their back to the wall CHORUS ...C5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5 I want love, I need love, I---I want love C5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5 I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl BRIDGE F5 Bb5 C5 - C5 - C5 - C5 They told me I'm joining a family F5 Bb5 C5 - C5 - C5 - C5 But here I ain't nobody's son F5 Bb5 D5 My brothers are right here beside me D#5 D5 G5 We share our hunger and we share our gun F5 Bb5 C5 - C5 - C5 - C5 Tomorrow we start the offensive F5 Bb5 C5 - C5 - C5 - C5 Been drinking palm wine all day F5 Bb5 D5 D#5 D5 Gm... Gri-gri men can keep us from bullets, but hash won't keep hunger at bay CHORUS ...C5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5 I want love, I need love, I---I want love C5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5 I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl VERSE3 D#5 D5 G5 When it's time the small soldiers march forward D#5 D5 ( G5 ) When one falls the next takes his gun ( D#5 ) ( D5 ) ( G5 ) D#5 D5 G5 Four to one AK-forty-seven, I was number three but now I'm gone D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5 Our future is dying right here, children only ten years old D#5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5 In this tribal colonial nightmare, we're reaping the seeds you have sown D#5 D5 Gm... We're reaping the seeds you have sown CHORUS ...C5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5 We want love, we need love, all of us want love C5 D5 G5 D#5 D5 G5 We want love, we need love, and a little food in our bowls ( C5 ) ( D5 ) ( G5 ) ( C5 ) ( D5 ) ( G5 ) ( C5 )( D5 ) ( G5 ) ( C5 ) ( D5 ) ( G5 ) I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl.