{"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":1688435,"song":"Weddings And Wars","artist":"Will Varley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11354093-weddings-and-wars-chords-by-will-varley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1688435?type=chord","rating":4.75933,"votes":109,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Bang' goes the big bang in the darkness and thunder.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAdam and Eve were strands of bacteria.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBlind we crawled with the birds and the bees,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFew years on we climbed down from the trees,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd were standin' in Africa, lookin' at the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaying 'why we're here? What happens when we die? '[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe used god as a word for the things we can't see,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow put on some clothes and let's wait for tv.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell it doesn't take long 'till we're painting caves,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMakin' some men kings and other men slaves,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSayin' God is our reason, God is our leader,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGod spoke to me and he told me to kill ya. '[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe spread like a virus to every dark corner,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGreeks and romans are layin' down borders.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe slaves and the soldiers, the queens and the kings,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWherever they were, they all used to sing:[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBirth, death, weddings and wars,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's all we are good for.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf all of the past was played as a song,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen our lives are a beat of the drum.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInvading, enslaving, then trading the plunder,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTobaco and opium, tea leaves and sugar.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEmpires built with the bones of the slaughtered.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA barrel of booze in return for your daughters and[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBirth, death, weddings and wars,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNaissance, décès, mariage et guerre,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAbove the same earth, beneath the same stars,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou can't hide the beast that we are.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell by the dark ages we're gettin' into guns,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStill fightin' over god and who's got the right ones,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStill singin' and dancin', now we're paintin' on canvas,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPasting the time with our s** and our violence.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe west gets rich and it strangles the earth,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRomeo and Juliet can't make it work.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFactories, A-Bombs and Flying-Machines,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFinally someone invents the tv.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]          \r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's birth, death, weddings and wars,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNaissance, décès, mariage et guerre,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAbove the same earth, beneath the same stars,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou can't hide the beast that we are.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInstead of hunting now we go to Tescos,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInstead of talking now we wear headphones,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInstead of mountains we're heading for mars,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nInstead of god we have credit cards.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we're still here two thousand and somethin',[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo peace, economy is crashing,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust singin' and dancin' and looking at the sky, sayin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Why are we here? What happens when we die? '[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSinging birth, death, weddings and wars,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's all we're good for.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf all of the past was played as a song,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen our lives are a beat of the drum,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen our lives are a beat of the drum.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]          \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","C","F","G","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}