Protect The Land chords by System Of A Down

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Eb

Intro:
Fm Cm Fm Ab  x8


Verse 1:
    Ab                Gm                Fm   Cm Fm Ab
The big gun tells you what your life is worth
     Ab              Gm              Fm    Cm Fm Ab
What do we deserve before we end the Earth?
   Ab               Gm            Fm Cm Fm Ab
If they will try to push you far away
           Fm              Gm
Would you stay and take a stand?
           Fm              Gm
Would you stay with gun in hand?

Chorus 1:
                 Cm  Ab Eb
They protect the land
Gm               Cm  Ab Eb
They protect the land
      Gm              Cm  Gm Ab Gm Fm E
Those who protect the land
      Fm     B        Cm  Gm Ab Gm Fm E
Those who protect the land
      Fm     B
Those who protect


Verse 2:
    Ab       Gm               Fm Cm Fm Ab
The enemy of man is his own decay
           Ab            Gm
If they're evil now then evil they
      Fm Cm Fm Ab   Ab
will stay        If they will try
   Gm            Fm Cm Fm Ab
to push you far away        Would
     Fm              Gm
you stay and take a stand? Would
     Fm              Gm
you stay with gun in hand?


Chorus 2:
                 Cm  Ab Eb
They protect the land
Gm               Cm  Ab Eb
They protect the land
Gm               Cm
They protect the land
    Ab          Eb
Our history and victory
    Gm        Cm
and legacy we send
      Ab            Eb
From scavengers and invaders
      Gm              Cm  Gm Ab Gm Fm E
those who protect the land
      Fm     B        Cm  Gm Ab Gm Fm E
Those who protect the land
      Fm     B   Cm Gm Ab Gm Fm E
Those who protect
      Fm     B        Cm  Gm Ab Gm Fm E
Those who protect the land
      Fm     B
Those who protect


Instrumental:
Cm Ab Eb Gm  x2


Bridge:
          Cm    Ab           Eb   Gm
Some were forced  to foreign lands
           Cm Ab            Eb  Gm
Some would lay  dead on the sand
           Cm Ab            Eb   Gm
Would you stay  and take command?
           Cm Ab            Eb
Would you stay  with gun in hand?
     Gm
with gun in hand


Chorus 3:
                 Cm  Ab Eb
They protect the land
Gm               Cm  Ab Eb
They protect the land
Gm               Cm
They protect the land
    Ab          Eb
Our history and victory
    Gm        Cm
and legacy we send
      Ab            Eb
From scavengers and invaders
      Gm              Cm  Gm Ab Gm Fm E
those who protect the land
      Fm     B        Cm  Gm Ab Gm Fm E
Those who protect the land
    Ab          Eb
Our history and victory
    Gm        Cm
and legacy we send
      Ab            Eb
From scavengers and invaders
      Gm
those who protect
      Gm              Cm  Gm Ab Gm Fm E
those who protect the land
      Fm     B        Cm  Gm Ab Gm Fm E
Those who protect the land
      Fm     B   Cm Gm Ab Gm Fm E
Those who protect
      Fm     B        Cm  Gm Ab Gm Fm E
Those who protect the land
      Fm     B
Those who protect


Outro:
Cm Ab Eb Gm  x4
Cm