[Primeira Parte]

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   I woke up this morning, hunger was gnawing my soul
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   But the preacher man's sermon, won't put no food in my bowl
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   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

[Refrão]

     ...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

[Segunda Parte]

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Here in this tribal warfare, for food you need money or a gun
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I signed up, whose side I don't care, at least now I'm someone
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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

[Refrão]

     ...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

[Ponte]

     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
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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

[Refrão]

     ...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

[Terceira Parte]

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When it's time the small soldiers march forward
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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
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Our future is dying right here, children only ten years old
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In this tribal colonial nightmare, we're reaping the seeds you have sown
      D#          Dm              Gm...
We're reaping the seeds you have sown

[Refrão]

     ...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