Mark Erelli - Shadowland

^EmIn the darkness I look in their eyes and I ^Ddo my best I'm a long, long way from the ^AmMidwest On this ^Ccheckpoint post tonight And it's ^Emlock and load When a bomb goes off by the ^Dside of the road And a buddy of mine with a ^Amnew wife at home Disap^Cpears in a flash of ^Dlight

And we're ^Amoff to save the ^Cday Do ^Amthere'll be hell to ^Cpay

In ^GShadowland There is no evidence of ^Dany plan Just a boy with a rifle ^Amin his hand Who volunteered to pay the ^Ccost For everything we've ^Dlost Here in ^EmShadowland

^EmHandcuffed In a cold, tile room 'neath a ^Dbare light bulb There's nothing that you ^Amwon't divulge Yes, I've ^Cseen it in your kind 'Cause you're the ^Emenemy Our god is stronger than ^Dyours you see Did you pull the trigger on that ^AmIED Or were you just in the ^Cwrong place at the ^Dwrong time

I've ^Amorders to o^Cbey So ^Amthere'll be hell to ^Cpay

In ^GShadowland The slippery slope where we ^Dmade our stand Where the blame flows down the ^Amchain of command And when that line is ^Ccrossed They rewrite all the ^Dlaws Here in ^EmShadowland

When you're ^Ddancing with a devil of your own de^Amsign Ah, you ^Dsink down to his level every ^Amtime^C___^G_ ^{D Am C}

When the ^EmJudgement comes God will sort the ^Dchosen ones By the dark of dawn and the ^Ammidnight sun Will ^Cpierce the fog of war So they ^Emdodge the blame The low men in the ^Dtemple claim That they do all this in ^AmJesus' name To make us ^Csafer and more se^Dcure

So ^Amdon't get in our ^Cway Or ^Amthere'll be hell to ^Cpay

In ^GShadowland There is no evidence of ^DGod's hand In the darkness on the ^Amdesert sand The high ground has been ^Clost At far too high a ^Dcost Here in ^GShadowland^D___ Here in ^AmShadowland^C___ ^GNoooo, ^Dnooo^Amooo, ^C no ^Em