Israel Chords

  			
Intro:  
Bm Cm 

verse 1 
       Cm 
You realize, if you're happy 
      Ab 
Jesus sends you straight to hell? 
    Eb      G 
Israel, Israel 

verse 2 
Cm 
And should you dare enjoy your body 
           Ab 
Here tolls Hades' welcome bell 
    Eb      G 
Israel, Israel 

verse 3 
       Cm 
You've found a middle-course existence 
          Ab 
We're all bones and flesh and shell 
    Eb      G 
Israel, Israel 

Bridge 
Ab             Fm              Cm 
I can't answer for what armies do 
             Ab 
They are not you 
             Fm 
They are not you 
             G   G7 
They are not you 

verse 4 
   Cm 
In other climes, they bitch and whine 
       Ab 
Just because you're not like them 
    Eb      G 
Israel, Israel 

Verse 5 
    Cm 
The sky is dark for many others 
             Ab 
They want it dark for you as well 
    Eb      G 
Israel, Israel 

Verse 6 
Cm 
Earth is just one big asylum 
      Ab 
And explodes a prison cell 
        Eb 
See us squirm 
                   G 
In our own damaged spell 

Verse 7 
         Cm 
You were born as guilty sinners 
            Ab 
Before you stood upright you fell 
        Eb                       G 
Put the fear of many gods in Israel 

Verse 8 
Cm 
Nature gave you every impulse 
        Ab 
Who are virgin priests to tell 
            Eb                     G 
Who, how to love, how to live, Israel 

Verse 9 
             Cm 
And they who reign abuse upon you 
         Ab 
They are jealous of you as well 
         Eb                     G   Cm 
Love yourself as you should, Israel