Megadeth - Holy Wars The Punishment Due

[Verse 1]
Em D
Brother will kill brother, Spilling blood across the land
A C
Killing for religion, Something I don’t understand
Em D
Fools like me, who cross the sea, And come to foreign lands
A C
Ask the sheep, for their beliefs, Do you kill on God’s command?
Em D
A country that’s divided, Surely will not stand
A C
My past erased, no more disgrace, No foolish naive stand
Em D
The end is near, it’s crystal clear, Part of the master plan
A C
Don’t look now to Israel, It might be your homelands
Em
Holy wars

[Verse 2]
Em D
Upon my podium, as the Know it all scholar
Em D
Down in my seat of judgement, Gavel’s bang, uphold the law
Em D
Up on my soapbox, a leader, Out to change the world, Down in my
Em D Em
Pulpit as the holier, Than-thou, could-be-messenger of God

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
Em D
Wage the war on organized crime
A C D
Sneak attacks, repel down the rocks, Behind the lines
Em D
Some people risk to employ me, Some people live to destroy me
A C D
Either way they die. They die

[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
Em D
They killed my wife and my baby, With hopes to enslave me
A C D
First mistake… last mistake
Em D
Paid by the alliance, to slay all the giants
A C D
Next mistake… no more mistakes!

[Solo]
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[Verse 5]
Em D
Fill the cracks in, with judicial granite
A C
Because I don’t say it, don’t mean I ain’t Thinkin’ it
Em D
Next thing you know, they’ll take my thoughts away
A C
I know what I said, now I must scream
Em D
of the ov-er-dose
A C
And the lack of mercy killers
Em D
Mercy killings, mercy killers
A
Killers killers killers
C D Em
Next thing you know they’ll take my thoughts away.