{"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":1814146,"song":"Rich Mans War","artist":"Steve Earle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11400187-rich-mans-war-chords-by-steve-earle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1814146?type=chord","rating":4.88331,"votes":35,"content":"Capo 2\r\n\r\nVerse 1\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJimmy joined the army 'cause he had no place to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAin't nobody hiring round here since all the jobs went to Mexico[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nReckoned that he'd learn himself a trade maybe see the world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMove to the city some day and marry a black haired girl[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSomebody somewhere had another plan[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow he's got a rifle in his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRollin' into Bagdhad wondering how he got this far[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust another poor boy off to fight a rich man's war[/tab]\r\n\r\n Verse 2\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nRed white and blue to the bone when he landed in Kandahar[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLeft behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBeen a year now and he's still there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nChasing ghosts in the thin dry air[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMeanwhile back at home the finance company took his car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust another poor boy off to fight a rich man's war[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen will we ever learn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen will we ever see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStand up and take our turn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nKeep telling ourselves we're free[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 3\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAli was the second son of a second son[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGrew up in Gaza throwing bottles and rocks when the tanks would come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAin't nothing else to do around here just a game children play[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSomething about living in fear all your life makes you hard that way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe answered when he got the call[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWrapped himself in death and he praised Allah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA fat man in a new Mercedes drove him to the door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust another poor boy off to fight a rich man's war[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 2\n\nVerse 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Verse 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3","chords":["D","A","Em","G","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}