Stray Cats – Storm The Embassy (Guitar)

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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