I Want Love

VERSE1 D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm I woke up this morning, hunger was gnawing my soul D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm But the preacher man's sermon, won't put no food in my bowl D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm Abidjan to Monrovia, looking for food and a home D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm... Instead I found factions and armies, in the middle of a combat zone Chorus Cm Dm Gm D# Dm Gm I want love, I need love, I I want love Cm Dm Gm D# Dm Gm I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl VERSE2 D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm Here in this tribal warfare, for food you need money or a gun D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm I signed up, whose side I don't care, at least now I'm someone D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm At parade time the grown ups are cruel, and all of the soldiers are small D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm... Commanders and captains and colonels, all kids with their back to the wall Chorus Cm Dm Gm D# Dm Gm I want love, I need love, I I want love Cm Dm Gm D# Dm Gm I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl Bridge F Bb Cm Cm7 Cm Cm7 They told me I'm joining a family F Bb Cm Cm7 Cm Cm7 But here I ain't nobody's son F Bb D7 My brothers are right here beside me D# Dm Gm We share our hunger and we share our gun F Bb Cm Cm7 Cm Cm7 Tomorrow we start the offensive F Bb Cm Cm7 Cm Cm7 Been drinking palm wine all day F Bb D7 D# Dm Gm Gri gri men can keep us from bullets, but hash won't keep hunger at bay Chorus ...Cm Dm Gm D# Dm Gm I want love, I need love, I I want love Cm Dm Gm D# Dm Gm I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl VERSE3 D# Dm Gm When it's time the small soldiers march forward D# Dm Gm When one falls the next takes his gun D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm Four to one AK forty seven, I was number three but now I'm gone D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm Our future is dying right here, children only ten years old D# Dm Gm D# Dm Gm In this tribal colonial nightmare, we're reaping the seeds you have sown D# Dm Gm... We're reaping the seeds you have sown Chorus ...Cm Dm Gm D# Dm Gm We want love, we need love, all of us want love Cm Dm Gm D# Dm Gm We want love, we need love, and a little food in our bowls Cm Dm Gm Cm Dm Gm Cm Dm Gm Cm Dm Gm I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl.