{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":78734,"song":"Drink Before The War","artist":"Sinéad O'Connor","content_type":"tab","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11000993-drink-before-the-war-tab-by-sinead-o-connor/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/78734?type=tab","rating":4.80231,"votes":53,"content":"From: \"Ben Weiss\"\r\n\r\nHere's an attempt at another Sinead tune (useful for bashing right-wing\r\npoliticians).  After years and years of listening to this song, there are\r\nstill some lyrics I can't figure out; any help would be much appreciated.\r\n   Ben\r\n\r\n\r\nDRINK BEFORE THE WAR\r\nSinead O'Connor\r\n(from _The Lion and the Cobra_)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n You tell us that we're wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n You tell us not to sing our songs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Nothing we can say will make you see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n You've got a heart of stone, you can never feel[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou say, \"Oh, I'm not afraid, it can't happen to me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n I've lived my life as a good man[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh no, you're out of your mind, it won't happen to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n 'Cause I've carried my weight and I've been a strong man\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I listen to the man in the liquor store[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe yellin', \"Anybody want a drink before the war?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Your parents paid you through[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n You've got a nice big car, nothing bothers you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Somebody cut out your eyes, you refuse to see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAh, somebody cut out your heart, you refuse to feel[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And you live in a shell, you create your own hell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n You live in the past and talk about war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And you dig your own grave, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n When it's a life you could save[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n So stop with the past, it's not gonna happen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you cry but you'll never fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo no no, you're building a wall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Got to break it down, start again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n You say, \"Oh no, it won't happen to us\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n We've lived our lives basically in goodness\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n So stop talking of war 'cause you know we've heard it all before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Why don't you go out there and do something useful?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I've listened to the man in the liquor store[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe yellin', \"Anybody want a drink before the war?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Anybody want a drink before the war?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAh, anybody want a drink before the war?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, yeah...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"From: \"Ben Weiss\"\n\nHere's an attempt at another Sinead tune (useful for bashing right-wing\npoliticians).  After years and years of listening to this song, there are\nstill some lyrics I can't figure out; any help would be much appreciated.\n   Ben\n\n\nDRINK BEFORE THE WAR\nSinead O'Connor\n(from _The Lion and the Cobra_)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm G Am\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm G Am","chords":["Am","G","Em","F"]}