D Em   G Em   G Em   G Em

[Verse]
Em
In the darkness
                           D
I look in their eyes and I do my best
                              Am
I'm a long, long way from the Midwest
        C
On this checkpoint post tonight
         Em
And it's lock and load
                            D
When a bomb goes off by the side of the road
                           Am
And a buddy of mine with a new wife at home
     C                   D
Disappears in a flash of light

[Chorus]
          Am              C
And we're off to save the day
   Am                  C
Do there'll be hell to pay

[Verse]
   G
In Shadowland
                        D
There is no evidence of any plan
                        Am
Just a boy with a rifle in his hand
                           C
Who volunteered to pay the cost
                     D
For everything we've lost
        Em
Here in Shadowland

[Verse]
Em
Handcuffed
                              D
In a cold, tile room 'neath a bare light bulb
                         Am
There's nothing that you won't divulge
          C
Yes, I've seen it in your kind
                  Em
'Cause you're the enemy
                         D
Our god is stronger than yours you see
                                 Am
Did you pull the trigger on that IED
                        C                  D
Or were you just in the wrong place at the wrong time

[Chorus]
     Am         C
I've orders to obey
   Am                  C
So there'll be hell to pay

[Verse]
   G
In Shadowland
                            D
The slippery slope where we made our stand
                               Am
Where the blame flows down the chain of command
                      C
And when that line is crossed
                     D
They rewrite all the laws
        Em
Here in Shadowland

[Bridge]
            D                                  Am
When you're dancing with a devil of your own design
        D                            Am  C  G   D   Am   C
Ah, you sink down to his level every time____

[Verse]
         Em
When the Judgement comes
                  D
God will sort the chosen ones
                            Am
By the dark of dawn and the midnight sun
     C
Will pierce the fog of war
        Em
So they dodge the blame
                   D
The low men in the temple claim
                         Am
That they do all this in Jesus' name
           C                D
To make us safer and more secure

[Chorus]
   Am               C
So don't get in our way
   Am                  C
Or there'll be hell to pay

[Verse]
   G
In Shadowland
                        D
There is no evidence of God's hand
                       Am
In the darkness on the desert sand
                         C
The high ground has been lost
                  D
At far too high a cost
        G         D
Here in Shadowland___
        Am        C
Here in Shadowland___
G      D   Am   C    Em
Noooo, noooooo,   no