Key:
Em* Riff
E|------------| |---------------------|
B|------------| |---------------------|
G|------------| |----------0----------|
D|--0---------| |----------2----------|
A|--2---------| |----2-0---2----------|
E|------------| |--------3-0----------|
Intro Riff (play the same chords as the verses while the other guitar does the solo)
[Chorus]
Em Bm
Woah oh oh. Ayy ee yay. I, I, I sail away
Em
Woah oh oh. Ayy ee yay. Slide on down
C Riff Em
Woah oh oh. Ayy ee yay. What is lost you gave away
Bm Em Am Bm
Stray bullets rainin' on down, down, down
C Em* Em
Stray bullets rainin' on down
Em Bm
Me and Danny Lord and Steve were fuckin' drunk on New Year's Eve
Em
Singin,' drinkin,' playin' guitars layin' 'round
C Riff Em
We pulled the shotgun out the shed and fired it towards the heavens
Bm Em
Stray bullets rainin' on down
[Chorus]
Em Bm
Woah oh oh. Ayy ee yay. I, I, I sail away
Em
Woah oh oh. Ayy ee yay. Slide on down
C Riff Em
Woah oh oh. Ayy ee yay. What is lost you gave away
Bm Em Am Bm
Stray bullets rainin' on down, down, down
C Em* Em
Stray bullets rainin' on down
Em Bm
Back of Ace uncovered truck the captain laughed and said good luck
Em
As we rolled on through our first Iraqi town
C Riff Em
From the rooftop we blasted, Danny Lord’s spine came unfastened
Bm Em
Stray bullets rainin' on down
[Chorus]
Em Bm
Woah oh oh. Ayy ee yay. I, I, I sail away
Em
Woah oh oh. Ayy ee yay. Slide on down
C Riff Em
Woah oh oh. Ayy ee yay. What is lost you gave away
Bm Em Am Bm
Stray bullets rainin' on down, down, down
C Em* Em
Stray bullets rainin' on down
[Intro Riff & Solo] (I will tab the solo out later)
Em Bm
Fifteen month lost in Iraq, we got stop-lossed, they sent us back
Em
Why the fuck we’re even here I’ll never know
C Riff Em
Me and Steve we went out walkin’ a few of us have started talkin’
Bm Em
And now we’ve got a mission of our own! Yeah!
[Chorus]
Em Bm
Woah oh oh. Ayy ee yay. I, I, I sail away
Em
Woah oh oh. Ayy ee yay. Slide on down
C Riff Em
Woah oh oh. Ayy ee yay. What is lost you gave away
Bm Em Am Bm
Stray bullets rainin' on down, down, down
C Em* Em
Stray bullets rainin' on down
Em (heavy & staccato) Bm
Cause now we’re comin’ for the captain, to reap the seeds he’s sewn
Em
Everybody “HIT THE DECK!” cause his tents about to blow
C Riff Em
Tell the general when we find him that he’ll be the next to go
Bm Em
Yeah we’re comin’ for the captain and then we’re going home!
[Chorus]
Em Bm
Woah oh oh. Ayy ee yay. I, I, I sail away
Em
Woah oh oh. Ayy ee yay. Slide on down
C Riff Em
Woah oh oh. Ayy ee yay. What is lost you gave away
Bm Em Am Bm
Stray bullets rainin' on down, down, down
C Em* Em
Stray bullets rainin' on down