Roger Waters – Towers Of Faith (Guitar)

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G  F#m
Ooooh, the lonely boys

in their towers of faith ooooh, the lonely boys locked in their towers of faith

G
the prophet reclined

        C
on the golan heights

Am        D/F#
ohhh, the lonely boys

G
he said, this land is my land

        C
to the Shiites

Am          D
ooooh, the lonely boys

G                                              C
and jehova looked up from the sea of galilee beneath

       Am                       D
he said, i see you, you thief

D            G
this land is my land

                 C
and this sand is my sand

                 G
and this band is my band

       D     C
oh the lonely boys

                   G
lookin' over their shoulder

                  Em
checkin out every boulder in the park

          Am
where the gates are closed from hate

D
after dark

G                                        C
and the pope rolled up in his armored van

Am                                     D
he fell on his knees and kissed the land

G                                     C
he said something that i did not understand

it was in polish

     Am
then up stepped an aide

                           D
he said, i will translate

here is what his holiness said:

G               Em
'i am the chief jesuit.'

                     Am
'this land is jesus' land.'

                  D
'and that is all'

'all that there is to it.'
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                G
and in new york city

                               C
the business man in his mohair suit

in the world trade center

Am                    D
puffs on his cheroot

and he said,

G                                      C
well i don't care who owns the desert sands

         Am
my brief

                 D
is with the hydrocarbons underneath

G
and the sea of battle rages

                   C
around the ancient tombs

and mother nature licks her wounds

        Am          
and the lonely boys locked in their towers of faith

        D
who are nervous in the park

                                G
when the gates are closed after dark

G F#m ooooh, the lonely boys in their towers of faith ooooh, the lonely boys locked in their towers of faith