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.