{"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":1146772,"song":"The War Drags On","artist":"Donovan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11254840-the-war-drags-on-chords-by-donovan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1146772?type=chord","rating":4.78525,"votes":23,"content":"The War Drags On\r\nDonovan Leitch\r\n\r\nI created this tab because the version that's out there is incomplete and wrong in some \r\nplaces... Enjoy and rate please!\r\n\r\nLegend: \\ = slide down, / = slide up, x = mute string, d = strum down, u = strum up, * = \r\nBarre chord\r\n\r\nE7: 020100\r\nEm7: 022030\r\nEm6: 022020\r\n[tab][ch]D/E[/ch]*: 0577x5\r\nD/C#: x477xx[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]Intro:\r\nRhythm = 3/4 (waltz)\r\n   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] u [ch]D[/ch] u   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] u [ch]D[/ch] u   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] u [ch]D[/ch] u  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] u [ch]D[/ch] u\r\ne:-0---7-7-7-7---0---5-5-5-5---0---3-3-3-3--3---0--0-0-0-0-----||\r\nB:-0---x-x-x-x---0---x-x-x-x---0---x-x-x-x--x---0--0-0-0-0-----||\r\nG:-1-\\-9-9-9-9-/-1-\\-7-7-7-7-/-1-\\-5-5-5-5--5-/-1--1-1-1-1---o-||\r\nD:-2-\\-9-9-9-9-/-2-\\-7-7-7-7-/-2-\\-5-5-5-5--5-/-2--2-2-2-2---o-||\r\nA:-2---7-7-7-7---2---5-5-5-5---2---3-3-3-3--3---2--2-2-2-2-----||\r\nE:-0---0---------0-------------0----------------0--0-----------||[/tab]\r\n   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]*        [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n*****************************************************************************\r\nTo slide down into the barre chord shapes for the intro:\r\n1. Make the open E-major shape with your index (pointer, first) finger on the G string.\r\n2. Strum once, then release your index finger from the G string as you begin to slide down\r\n3. As you are sliding down, place your pinky (fourth) finger on the G string and your \r\nindex finger on the A string. Your ring finger (third) should remain on the D string for \r\nthe open chord and the entire slide.\r\n*****************************************************************************\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLet me tell you the story of a soldier named Dan[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWent out to fight the good fight in South Vietnam[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWent out to fight for peace,  liberty and all[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D/E[/ch]*                 [ch]D/C#[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWent out to fight for equality,  Hope,   let’s go[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]Em6[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the wa----------r drags on[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2: (same progression as verse 1)\r\nFound himself involved in a sea of blood and bones\r\nmillions without faces--without hope and without homes\r\nand the guns they grew louder as they made dust out of bones\r\nthat the flesh had long since left just as the people left their homes\r\n\r\n::Repeat Chorus::\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\nThey’re just there to make the people free\r\nbut the way that they’re doing it, it don’t seem like that to me\r\njust more blood letting and misery and tears\r\nthat this poor country’s known for the last twenty years\r\n\r\n::Repeat Chorus::\r\n\r\nVerse 4:\r\nLast night young Dan had a nightmare it seems\r\none that kept occurring and reoccurring in his dreams\r\ncities full of people running screaming and shouting loud\r\nand right there overhead was a great orange mushroom cloud\r\n\r\nBridge:\r\n[tab]            [ch]D/E[/ch]*    [ch]D/C#[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand there’s no---------- more war[/tab]\r\ncause there’s no more world\r\nand my tears come screaming down\r\nyes I like crying on------ the ground\r\n\r\n::Repeat Intro and fade with harmonica::","plain_text":"The War Drags On\nDonovan Leitch\n\nI created this tab because the version that's out there is incomplete and wrong in some \nplaces... Enjoy and rate please!\n\nLegend: \\ = slide down, / = slide up, x = mute string, d = strum down, u = strum up, * = \nBarre chord\n\nE7: 020100\nEm7: 022030\nEm6: 022020\n\n\n\n   E   E*        E   D         E   C            E\n\n*****************************************************************************\nTo slide down into the barre chord shapes for the intro:\n1. Make the open E-major shape with your index (pointer, first) finger on the G string.\n2. Strum once, then release your index finger from the G string as you begin to slide down\n3. As you are sliding down, place your pinky (fourth) finger on the G string and your \nindex finger on the A string. Your ring finger (third) should remain on the D string for \nthe open chord and the entire slide.\n*****************************************************************************\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\nVerse 2: (same progression as verse 1)\nFound himself involved in a sea of blood and bones\nmillions without faces--without hope and without homes\nand the guns they grew louder as they made dust out of bones\nthat the flesh had long since left just as the people left their homes\n\n::Repeat Chorus::\n\nVerse 3:\nThey’re just there to make the people free\nbut the way that they’re doing it, it don’t seem like that to me\njust more blood letting and misery and tears\nthat this poor country’s known for the last twenty years\n\n::Repeat Chorus::\n\nVerse 4:\nLast night young Dan had a nightmare it seems\none that kept occurring and reoccurring in his dreams\ncities full of people running screaming and shouting loud\nand right there overhead was a great orange mushroom cloud\n\nBridge:\n\ncause there’s no more world\nand my tears come screaming down\nyes I like crying on------ the ground\n\n::Repeat Intro and fade with harmonica::","chords":["E7","D/E","D/C","D","B","G","A","E","C","D/C#","Em7","Em6"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]}}}