Key: Em
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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
C B Am
I think it's funny
C B
Freedom takes money
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
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
Am C B Am
Orders from Moscow
C B
Invade Teheran now
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
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
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?
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