Intro: Em  C  D4(9) (3x)
       Em  C  D  (2x)

Em                     C            D
     Fifteen man taken captive in a hostile foreign land
Em                         C         D
     Scorchin' sun beaming down onto miles and miles of sand
Em                           C          D
     A mideast country being ruled by a man who thinks it's fun
Em                           C          D
     To hold our people in return for a sjah that's on the run

Am                C  B
     I think it's funny
Am                 C  B
     Freedom takes money

(Solo 1)

Em               C        D4(9)
It's a heartache and it's hard luck
Em                     C        D4(9)
Well that's tough shit man it's no fun
Em                          C                             D4(9)
Storm the Iranian embassy before they start shootin' down you and me

( Em  C  D ) (2x)

Em                          C           D
     Scourge of suits in control Of the diplomaticness
Em                            C          D
     While the nations of the world look on and they care less
Em                           C          D
     The Soviet Union won't agree to an economic plan
Em                                       C             D
     And then they laugh and march their troops into Afghanistan

(Solo 2)

Am               C  B
     Orders from Moscow
Am              C   B
     Invade Teheran now

(Solo 1)

Em               C        D4(9)
It's a heartache and it's hard luck
Em                     C        D4(9)
Well that's tough shit man it's no fun
Em                          C                             D4(9)
Storm the Iranian embassy before they start shootin' down you and me

( Em  C  D ) (2x)

Em                                   C              D
     A nation worries and reads the papers hoping that no-one has died
Em                            C               D
     Hearin' rumours that the hostages will soon be tried as spies
Em                            C          D
     Demonstrations on the street saying that the end is near
Em                                    C               D
     The man from New York Times on vacation Wants to know what happened here

Am             C    B
     Agressive acts now
Am               C    B
     We want the best now
Am                C  B
     Fifteen moms crying
Am             C B
     Is my son dying ?

(Solo 1)

Em               C        D4(9)
It's a heartache and it's hard luck
Em                     C        D4(9)
Well that's tough shit man it's no fun
Em                          C                             D4(9)
Storm the Iranian embassy before they start shootin' down you and me

( Em  C  D ) (3x) 

(Solo 1)

( Em )

Solo 1:
E | ------------------------------ | 
B | ------------------------------ | 
G | --------------4---3---2---1--- | 
D | ----------4------------------- | 
A | ------3----------------------- | 
E | --2--------------------------- | 

Solo 2:
E | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 
B | -----------------------------------8---7h8p7------------------------------8----7h8p7----- | 
G | ------------------------------(b9)---------------(b9)--------------------------------------(b9) | 
D | -----(b9)------------------(b9)--------------------------5---7---7(b9)---(b9)-(b9)---------------- | 
A | ----------10---7----10------------------------------------------------------------------- | 
E | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 
                                                                 Am
E | ---------------------------------------------------------------5--- | 
B | ---------------------------------------------------------------5--- | 
G | -8----6h8--6h8p6----8---(b9)---(b9)--------------------------------5--- | 
D | ----------------------------------(b9)---------------------------7--- | 
A | ----------------------------------------10----7----------------7--- | 
E | ---------------------------------------------------8--7--6--5--5--- |