Storm The Embassy Cifras

STORM THE EMBASSY
As recorded by the Stray cats
(From the 1981 Album STRAY CATS)
 
 
 
 
[Intro]
Em   C  D  Em   C  D  Em
C  D  Em   C  D  Em
C  D  Em   C  D  Em
 
 
[Verse 1]
Em                C            D
Fifteen man taken captive in a hostile foreign land
Em                    C         D
Scorchin' sun beaming down onto miles and miles of sand
Em                      C
A mideast country being ruled
     D
By a man who thinks it's fun
Em                      C
To hold our people in return
      D                     Am
For a shah that's on the run
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
             C  B  Am
I think it's funny
              C B
Freedom takes money
 
 
[Chorus]
Em               C        D
It's a heartache and it's hard luck
Em
Well that's tough shit
C        D
Man it's no fun
Em
Storm the Iranian embassy
C                               D
Before they start shootin' down you and me
 
 
[Interlude]
Em   C  D  Em   C  D
 
 
[Verse 2]
Em                     C
Scourge of suits in control
       D
Of the diplomaticness
Em                       C
While the nations of the world
     D
Look on and they care less
Em                      C
The Soviet Union won't agree
      D
To an economic plan
Em                                  C             D
And then they laugh and march their troops into Afghanistan
 
 
[Guitar Solo]
Em    B  Em  B  Em
Am
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Am          C  B   Am
Orders from Moscow
           C   B
Invade Teheran now
 
 
[Chorus]
Em               C        D
It's a heartache and it's hard luck
Em
Well that's tough shit
C        D
Man it's no fun
Em
Storm the Iranian embassy
C                               D
Before they start shootin' down you and me
 
 
[Interlude]
Em   C  D  Em   C  D
 
 
[Verse 3]
Em                             C
A nation worries and reads the papers
       D
Hoping that no-one has died
Em                       C
Hearin' rumours that the hostages
     D
Will soon be tried as spies
Em                    C
Demonstrations on the street
       D
Saying that the end is near
Em                               C
The man from New York Times on vacation
         D                      Am
Wants to know what happened here
 
 
[Bridge]
          C    B   Am
Agressive acts now
            C    B   Am
We want the best now
             C  B   Am
Fifteen moms crying
          C B
Is my son dying?
 
 
[Chorus]
Em               C        D
It's a heartache and it's hard luck
Em
Well that's tough shit
C        D
Man it's no fun
Em
Storm the Iranian embassy
  C                           D
Before they start shootin' at you and me
 
 
[Outro]
Em   C  D  Em    C  D  Em
C  D  Em
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