M.I.A. - Avenged Sevenfold, guitar chords

Published: 2025-08-04 12:16
Selection chords: Ethan Cooper

Intro: Dm Bb C Bb A  x2

Verse:
Dm
Staring at the carnage
Bb                              C
Praying that the sun will never rise
         Bb    A         Dm
Living another day in disguise
      Bb                C
These feelings canʼt be right
             Bb         A            Dm
Lend me your courage to stand up and fight
Bb   C       Bb A
on tonight

Dm Bb C Bb
Ooooo...
A            Dm
Stand up and fight

Dm Bb C C Dm Bb C Bb x2

Verse:
Dm                                Bb C
   The fighting rages on and on
Dm                              C       Bb C
   To challenge me you must be strong
Dm                                     Bb C
   I walk your land but donʼt belong
Dm                                C      Bb C
   Two million soldiers canʼt be wrong

C Dm                                 C Dm
   Itʼs no fun but Iʼve been here before
                                        F
   Iʼm far from home and Iʼm fighting your war
    F             Bb               A             Bb
   (Not the way I pictured this, I wanted better things)
C Dm                                     C Dm
   Some are scared, others killing for fun
                                   F
   I shot a mother in front of her son
    F                 Bb                A               Bb
   (Take this from my consciousness and please erase my dreams)

Chorus:
Dm               Bb
Fight for honor, fight for your life
C                F        A
Pray to God that our side is right
    Gm              A         Bb
And though we won I still may lose,
  C
until I make it home to you
  Dm              Bb
I see our mothers filled with tears
     C                 F         A
Grew up so fast, where did those years go
Gm             A       Bb    C
Memories wonʼt let you cry unless I donʼt return tonight

Dm Bb C C Dm Bb C Bb  x2

Verse:
C Dm                              C Dm
   So many soldiers on the other side
                                      F
   I take their lives so they canʼt take mine
    F                 Bb             A              Bb
   (Scared to make it out alive, now murderʼs all I know)
C Dm                                      C Dm
   Nobody tells me all the reasons weʼre here
                                           F
   I have my weapons so thereʼs nothing to fear
      F           Bb             A               Bb
   (Another day another life but nothing real to show for)

Chorus:
Dm               Bb
Fight for honor, fight for your life
C                F        A
Pray to God that our side is right
    Gm              A         Bb
And though we won I still may lose,
  C
until I make it home to you
  Dm              Bb
I see our mothers filled with tears
     C                 F         A
Grew up so fast, where did those years go
Gm             A       Bb    C
Memories wonʼt let you cry unless I donʼt return tonight

Verse:
Dm
Staring at the carnage
Bb                              C
Praying that the sun will never rise
         Bb    A         Dm
Living another day in disguise
      Bb                C
These feelings canʼt be right
             Bb         A            Dm
Lend me your courage to stand up and fight

Bridge:
Dm
Watching the death toll rise wondering how Iʼm alive
           Bb
Strangerʼs blood on my hands, shot all I can
Dm
There are no silent nights watching your brothers all die
      Bb
To destroy all their plans with no thought of me
Dm    C             Bb    A
No... thought... of me...
   Bb      C  Dm
No thought of me

Dm Bb C Bb A x4
Dm Bb C F A Gm A Bb  C C
Ohhhhh...
Dm Bb C F A Gm A Bb  C  C
Ohhhhh...
Dm Bb C Bb A x2
Dm
Dm Bb C Bb A x2

Verse:
      Dm
Weʼll walk the city lonely
Bb                              C
Memories that haunt are passing by
           Bb         A          Dm
А murderer walks your streets tonight
   Bb             C
Forgive me for my crimes
Bb       A          Bb            Dm
Donʼt forget that I was so young, fought so scared
       Db              C
In the name of God and Country

Dm Bb C Bb A