(intro 4x) E5 F#5 G5 A5 (verso) E5 F#5 G5 A5 E5 F#5 G5 There are boxes packed with bullets, there are crates all stacked with boxes A5 E5 F#5 G5 A5 E5 F#5 G5 There are uniforms and hardware, there are meals all wrapped in plastic A5 E5 F#5 G5 A5 E5 F#5 G5 Through the night the ships are loading, every night these ships are loading A5 G5 A5 G5 Beneath the glare of the burning floodlights and the dancing of the swarmed A5 mosquitoes (refr?o) B5 A5 G5 F#5 And into the fire and the blood red sun the old and rich still send the young men B5 A5 G5 F#5 Into a world of twisted steel and the acrid smell of metal burning B5 A5 G5 F#5 And on the streets of hometown now, we watch each other as if we're strangers B5 D5 A5 But say it loud, scream it loud: I am not at war (verso 2) E5 F#5 G5 A5 E5 F#5 G5 He says: this body I have been given shall be returned unto its maker A5 E5 F#5 G5 A5 E5 F#5 G5 Beneath my clothes these secrets hidden, the sacrifice that I have to offer A5 E5 F#5 G5 A5 E5 F#5 G5 By the checkpoint there are soldiers and the cypress branches waving A5 G5 A5 G5 And the light is hard as glass and the sky is blue and cool and waiting ( E5 F#5 G5 A5 ) (2x) (refr?o) F5 A5 F5 A5 These stupid empty words could all be written on the cold pale skin F5 D5 Bb5 Of the dead laid out in shallow graves along the road of bombed out palm trees ( E5 F#5 G5 A5 ) (4x) (verso 3) E5 F#5 G5 A5 E5 F#5 G5 And in the corners of the bars and cafes, in every town, in every nation A5 E5 F#5 G5 A5 E5 F#5 G5 There are these blood-sports on the TVs and the loaded toneless voices A5 E5 F#5 G5 A5 E5 F#5 G5 There are cameras by the gravesides and in the executioners' chambers A5 G5 A5 G5 There are cameras high above us to guide the missiles down from the heavens (refr?o) Bb5 I am not at war, G5 G5 A5 I am not at war
