{"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":1072059,"song":"War","artist":"Lucero","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11237262-war-chords-by-lucero/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1072059?type=chord","rating":4.9159,"votes":56,"content":"[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI got drafted at nineteen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMe and a bunch of boys from home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJanuary forty-three,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\ndrove out to Pine Bluff and signed on[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWent to basic south of Birmingham[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPut me on west coast bound train[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSpent three days out in San Diego[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd they shipped me back east again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLeft a port out of New York[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSlept for months in British rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTore it up down in London town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd they shipped me back out again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe preacher said Boys he who is killed tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwill dine with the Lord in Paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne boy spoke up, said preacher come on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\neat your supper with us[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNever talk about those first days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLots of friends left behind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I made it all the way across France[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I fought at the Maginot line[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRoad a tank into Belgium[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLiked them better than the French[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike my daddy, thirty years before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI did my time in a trench[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLots of days there's no water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut the liquor kept me warm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe cellars were stocked to their ceilings with booze[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo I carried a bottle with my gun[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe preacher said Boys he who is killed tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwill dine with the Lord in Paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne boy spoke up, said preacher come on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\neat your supper with us[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThree times I made sergeant[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm not that kind of man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd pretty much just as quick as I could[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI get busted back to private again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCause taking orders never suited me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGiving them out was much worse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI could not stand to get my friends killed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo I took care of myself first[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow I know that don't sound right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDon't think too bad of me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow it keeps me up nights[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhat I could have done differently[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe preacher said Boys he who is killed tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwill dine with the Lord in Paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne boy spoke up, said preacher come on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\neat your supper with us[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'd be no guest at the table of the Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHis food was not to be mine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCause I cursed His name every chance that I could[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I reckon that's why I'm still 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