C#             G#7
We got a call to write a song
           C#          F#
about the war in the Gulf
         F#7           G#7      C#
But we shouldn't hurt anyone's feelings
       C#             G#7              C#          F#
So we tried, then gave up, cause there was no such song
        A           B      E
But the trying was very revealing
C#m           G#m        B        E
What makes a person so poisonous righteous
              C#m         E                     A
That they'd think less of anyone who just disagreed?
 C#m          G#m       B          E
She's just a pacifist, he's just a patriot
      C#m           E               B             A
If I said you were crazy, would you have to fight me?

              A                     E
Fighters for liberty, fighters for power
B             E                     A
Fighters for longer turns in the shower
              G#7     F#7
Don't tell me I can't fight,
              B
cause I'll punch out your lights
      E      A        B
And history seems to agree
                    B      E
that I would fight you for me

       C#             G#7
So we read and we watched
         C#                 F#
all the specially selected news
        F#7            G#7             C#
And we learned so much more 'bout the good guys
           C#           G#7
Won't you stand by the flag?
         C#       F#
was the question unasked
           A                          E
Won't you join in and fight with the allies?
 C#m           G#7            B         E
What could we say? We're only 25 years old
     C#m        E               B            A
With 25 sweet summers, and hot fires in the cold
 C#m         G#m               B        E
This kind of life makes that violence unthinkable
               A                A            A
We'd like to play hockey, have kids and grow old

[Verse]
              A                     E
Fighters for Texaco, fighters for power
B             E                     A
Fighters for longer turns in the shower
              G#m      F#               B
Don't tell me I can't fight cause I'll punch out your lights
      E      A        B                       B       B
And history seems to agree that I would fight you for me
  C#m                A       B G#
That us would fight them for we

C#m          G#m7         B            E
He's just a peacenik and she's just a warhawk
C#m               E                 B         A
That's where the beach was, that's where the sea
C#m            G#7            B         E
What could we say? We're only 25 years old
     E       A        B
And history seems to agree
     B             B       B
That I would fight you for me
    C#m               A      B
That us would fight them for we

    C#m         A           B
Is that how it always will be?