Em
A soldier cut loose in Saigon
                                C
He used to be a farmer just like anyone
Em
A soldier cut loose in Saigon
                                  C
Even to his father he's a violent son
 Em
Someone built a wall in Berlin
                                     C
Not to keep them out but to keep them in
 Em
Someone built a wall in Berlin
                                C          D
A permanent reminder of what's happening
                  G
We need a lot of love
                     Em
Got to take a lot of pain
                         G
You can watch the river flood
                         Em     E
But get washed away the same
                               C
Oh, we know that things don't last
                       D
So we use the guiding tracks
                            G
Through the deadly ring of flame

Em E D Em E

E                         Em  E
Smoking in a room in Lebanon
                                       C   E
The hotel's serving but the hospital's gone
                       Em  E
Choking in a room in Lebanon
             G                  C
Many people hurting, still the telephone's on

Em Em G Em
                         Em
Standing on a street in Belfast
                              C    Em
A city of division, widow in black
                        Em        D
Standing on a street in Belfast
 E                                       C      D
The crunching of the feet on the broken glass
                  G
We need a lot of love
                      Em
Got to take a lot of pain
                         G
You can watch the river flood
                        Em
But get washed away the same
                         C
Oh, we know that things don't last
                       D
So we use the guiding tracks
                           G
Through the deadly ring of flame
                  G
We need a lot of love

Can you feel the love?
                      Em
Got to take a lot of pain

Lot of pain
                         G
You can watch the river flood

Sitting by the river
                         Em
But get washed away the same

Washing over me
                               C
Oh, we know that things don't last
                       D
So we use the guiding tracks
                           G
Through the deadly ring of flame