E5 F#5 G5 A5 x4 Verse 1: 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 G There are uniforms and hardware, there are meals all wrapped in plastic A5 E5 F#5 G A5 E5 F#5 G5 Through the night the ships are loading, every night these ships are loading A5 G A G Beneath the glare of the burning floodlights and the dancing of the swarmed A mosquitoes Chorus: Bm A G F# And into the fire and the blood red sun the old and rich still send the young men Bm A G F# Into a world of twisted steel and the acrid smell of metal burning Bm A G F# And on the streets of hometown now, we watch each other as if we're strangers Bm D A But say it loud, scream it loud: I am not at war Verse 2: (chords as verse 1) He says: this body I have been given shall be returned unto its maker Beneath my clothes these secrets hidden, the sacrifice that I have to offer By the checkpoint there are soldiers and the cypress branches waving And the light is hard as glass and the sky is blue and cool and waiting E5 F#5 G5 A5 x2 Chorus: F Am F Am These stupid empty words could all be written on the cold pale skin F Dm Bb Of the dead laid out in shallow graves along the road of bombed out palm trees E5 F#5 G5 A5 x4 Verse 3: (chords as verse 1) And in the corners of the bars and cafes, in every town, in every nation There are these blood-sports on the TVs and the loaded toneless voices There are cameras by the gravesides and in the executioners' chambers There are cameras high above us to guide the missiles down from the heavens Chorus: Bbm I am not at war, Chorus: G/B G/D A/E I am not at war