Hi! So, I really wanted to play an acoustic version of M.I.A., but couldn't find 
any chords on the internet, so I simply sat down with my piano and tabbed it 

but I took the liberty of mixing up the chords a little with parallel keys, so as 
myself. I'm pretty sure it's about 90% accurate, or something along those lines, 
to not make it very repetitive. 

No capo
Standard tuning


Dm xx0231

Gm 355333

C  x32010

A# 113331

F  133211

Fm 133111

Dm

Staring at the carnage

Gm                               C

Praying that the sun would never rise

        A#               Dm

Living another day in disguise

       Gm               C

These feelings can't be right

             A#                      Dm

Lend me your courage to stand up and fight

Gm   C           A#

On tonight

Dm Gm C A#

Ooooo....

             Dm

Stand up and fight

Dm                        A#

The fighting rages on and on

Gm                          C

To challenge me you must be strong

Dm                         A#

I walk your land but don't belong

Gm                            C

Two million soldiers can't be wrong

Dm                              A#

It's no fun but I've been here before

                                        F

I'm far from home and I'm fighting your war

                                A#

(Not the way I pictured this, I wanted better things)

Dm                                  A#

Some are scared, others killing for fun

                                      F

I shot a mother right in front of her son

                                      A#

(Take this from my consciousness, and please erase my dreams)

Dm               A#

Fight for honor, fight for your life

C                F        

Pray to God that our side is right

    Gm               Dm

And though we won, I still may lose

Gm              C

Until I make it home to you

Dm                A#

I see our mothers filled with tears

C                     F 

Grew up so fast where did those years go?

Gm            Dm

Memories won't let you cry 

Gm               C

Unless I don't return tonight

[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/a/avenged-sevenfold/277552.html ]

Dm                            A#

So many soldiers on the other side

                                      F

I take their lives so they can't take mine

                                  A#

(Scared to make it out alive, now murder's all I know)

Dm                                    A#

Nobody tells me all the reasons we're here

                                        F

I have my weapon so there's nothing to fear

                                A#

(Another day, another life, but nothing real to show for)

Dm               A#

Fight for honor, fight for your life

C                F        

Pray to God that our side is right

    Gm               Dm

And though we won, I still may lose

Gm              C

Until I make it home to you

Dm                A#

I see our mothers filled with tears

C                     F 

Grew up so fast where did those years go?

Gm            Dm

Memories won't let you cry 

Gm               C

Unless I don't return tonight

Dm                      
Staring at the carnage

Gm                               C

Praying that the sun would never rise

       A#             Dm

Living another day in disguise

      Gm                C

These feelings can't be right

             A#                      Dm

Lend me your courage to stand up and fight

Dm                            C                 Dm

Watching the death toll rise, wondering how I'm alive

           Gm                      A#

Strangers' blood on my hands, I've shot all I can

Dm                          C                          Dm

There are no silent nights, watching your brothers all die

       Gm                       A#

To destroy all their plans with no thought of me

Dm C          F   C            Dm

No thought of me, no thought of me

Dm A# C F Gm Dm C

Ohhhhh.....

Dm

Walk the city lonely

Gm                              C

Memories that haunt are passing by

           A#                  Dm  

A murderer walks your street tonight

   Gm             C

Forgive me for my crimes

A#                  Gm     Dm

Don't forget that I was so young

                        Fm              C                 Dm  

Fought so scared in the name of God and country