Death From Above
Intro
Am Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7*
Verse 1
Am Fmaj7 Am
I always thought, I always thought, that there was something different, setting us apart
Am Fmaj7* Am
That I was led, that I was led by men with sober minds and sympathetic hearts
Fmaj7 Am
I swore an oath, swore an oath, but never knew just what it was to take a life
Am Fmaj7* Fmaj7
I play at God, play at God across such distances and from so great a height
Chorus
Am G
But I am never sure who I am killing
Am G
How many innocents were in the building?
Fmaj7 C G7
I drop death out of the
Am G
No longer human beings, no longer people
Am G
Just targets on a screen, none of it's real
Fmaj7 C G7 Fmaj7 G Am
I drop death out of the sky... Tell me why
Bridge
Am Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7*
Verse 2
Am Fmaj7 Am
One day they sent, one day they sent me to the chaplain when I said I can't go on
Am Fmaj7* Fmaj7
All he said, all he said was just to shut my mouth and do the "will of God"
Chorus
Am G
But I am never sure who I am killing
Am G
How many innocents were in the building?
Fmaj7 C G7
I drop death out of the
Am G
No longer human beings, no longer people
Am G
Just targets on a screen, none of it's real
Fmaj7 C G7 Fmaj7 G Dm
I drop death out of the sky... Tell me why
Bridge
Dm Fmaj7 x4
Outro
Am
Tell me why?
G7 Fmaj7
"To make us safe," so it would seem
Dm
But we shoot further than we dream
C/G Am
Can't we see? We only justify
G7 Fmaj7
Someone's resolve to rise against
Dm
And to avenge the innocent
Dm C/G Fmaj7*
And defend the ones that still survive
Am
I'm still asking "why?"