{"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":1472125,"song":"Veteran Of The Psychic Wars","artist":"Blue Öyster Cult","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11015940-veteran-of-the-psychic-wars-chords-by-blue-oyster-cult/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1472125?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":45,"content":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTuning: Standard (capo on the 3rd fret)\r\n\r\nThis is the way I'm playing this song. I don't think it's 100% correct but it sounds good.\r\n\r\nUse capo on the third fret.\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|---4-----4---2-4-2-----------4-----4--2-4-2--------------------|\r\nD|-----5-2-----------2-5---------5-2----------2-5---2------------|\r\nA|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nFigure 1\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|------0----2-2-2-0----2----------------------------------------|\r\nD|-2----0----2-2-2-0----2----------------------------------------|\r\nA|-2-------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nFigure 2\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|---0--2-2--0-2-0-----------------------------------------------|\r\nD|---0--2-2--0-2-0--2-0-2----------------------------------------|\r\nA|------------------2-0-2----------------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI've been living on the edge so long, where the winds of limbo roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm young enough to look at, and far too old to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAll the scars are on the inside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI'm not sure that there's anything left of me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]     \r\nDon't let these shakes go on, it's time we had a break from it[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's time we had some leave[/tab]\r\nFigure 1\r\nWe've been living in the flames\r\nFigure 1\r\nWe've been eating up our brains\r\nFigure 2\r\nOh please, don't let these shakes go on.\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou ask me why I'm weary, why I can't speak to you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou blame me for my silence, say it's time I changed and grew[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut the war's still going on, dear, and there's no end that I know[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't stand forever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI can't say if we're ever gonna be free[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]     \r\nDon't let these shakes go on, it's time we had a break from it[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's time we had some leave[/tab]\r\nFigure 1\r\nWe've been living in the flames\r\nFigure 1\r\nWe've been eating up our brains\r\nFigure 2\r\nOh please, don't let these shakes go on.\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy energy is spent at last, and my armor is destroyed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI have used up all my weapons, and I'm helpless and bereaved[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWounds are all I'm made of[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nDid I hear you say that this is victory?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]     \r\nDon't let these shakes go on, it's time we had a break from it[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSend me to the rear[/tab]\r\nFigure 1\r\nWhere the tides of madness swell\r\nFigure 1\r\nAnd men sliding into hell\r\nFigure 2\r\nOh please, don't let these shakes go on.","plain_text":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTuning: Standard (capo on the 3rd fret)\n\nThis is the way I'm playing this song. I don't think it's 100% correct but it sounds good.\n\nUse capo on the third fret.\n\nIntro:\n\n\n\n\nFigure 1\n\n\n\n\nFigure 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFigure 1\nWe've been living in the flames\nFigure 1\nWe've been eating up our brains\nFigure 2\nOh please, don't let these shakes go on.\n\nEm  Em7 A Em\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFigure 1\nWe've been living in the flames\nFigure 1\nWe've been eating up our brains\nFigure 2\nOh please, don't let these shakes go on.\n\nEm  Em7 A Em\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFigure 1\nWhere the tides of madness swell\nFigure 1\nAnd men sliding into hell\nFigure 2\nOh please, don't let these shakes go on.","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","Em","Em7","C","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]}}}