{"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":2353341,"song":"Civil War","artist":"Tim McIlrath","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11487086-civil-war-chords-by-tim-mcilrath/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2353341?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":13,"content":"Original is played in Drop D, Capo 5th Fret, so for Standard Tuning, you can use Capo 4th.\r\nAll tabs chords relative to capo.\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\ne|-x----------x-------x----------x----------|\r\nB|-5----------3-------3----------3----------|\r\nG|-0----------0---2h3h4----------0----------|\r\nD|-x----------x-------0----------0----------|\r\nA|-2----------2-------x----------x----------|\r\nE|-0----------0-------3----------2----------|\r\n   D D DU     D D     D D UUD    DUDU[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-x----------x-------x------x------------0---0--|\r\nB|-5----------3-------3------3------------3---0--|\r\nG|-0----------0---2h3h4------0----0-------0---0--|\r\nD|-x----------x-------0------0------4--0--0---2--|\r\nA|-2----------2-------x------x------------2---2--|\r\nE|-0----------0-------3------2------------3---0--|\r\n   D D DU     D D     D D DU D D[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Verse 1]\r\ne|-0-----3-------3------|\r\nB|-0-----3-------3------|\r\nG|-0-----0-------2------|\r\nD|-2-----0-------0------|\r\nA|-2-----2-------0------|\r\nE|-0-----3-------2------|[/tab]\r\n   [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-0-----0------|\r\nB|-2-----3------|\r\nG|-2-----2------|\r\nD|-2-----2------|\r\nA|-0-----0------|\r\nE|-x-----x------|[/tab]\r\n   [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]*\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  (D D UUD D du)\r\nLook at your young man fighting[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   (D D UUD D du)\r\nLook at your women crying[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  (D D UUD D du)\r\nLook at your young man dying[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   (D D DU)     [ch]D/F#[/ch]  (D D DU)\r\nThe way they've always done before[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  (D D UUD D du)\r\nLook at the hate we're breeding[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   (D D UUD D du)\r\nLook at the fear we're feeding[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  (D D UUD D du)\r\nLook at the lives we're leading[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  (D D DU) [ch]D/F#[/ch] (D D DU)   [ch]A[/ch] (DUDUDUDU DUDUDUDU) [ch]A[/ch]* (DUDUDUDU) [ch]A[/ch] (DUDUDUDU) \r\nThe way we've always done before[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch] (D D UUD D du)\r\nMy hands are tied[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]   (D D UUD D du)\r\nThe billions shift from side to side[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]  (D D UUD D du)\r\nAnd the wars go on with brainwashed pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]  (D D UUD D du)\r\nFor the love of God and our human rights[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]  (D D UUD D du)\r\nAnd all these things are swept aside[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]  (D D UUD D du)\r\nBy bloody hands time can't deny[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]  (D D UUD D du)\r\nAnd are washed away by your genocide[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]  (D D DU)       [ch]D/F#[/ch] (D D DU)     [ch]A[/ch] (DUDUDUDU DUDUDUDU DUDUDUDU DUDUDUDU)\r\nAnd history hides the lies of our civil wars[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]    (D D DU)           [ch]D/F#[/ch]  (D D DU)\r\nD'you wear a black armband when they shot the man[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]  (D D UUD DUDU)\r\nWho said, \"Peace could last forever.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]    (D D DU)       [ch]D/F#[/ch] (D D DU)\r\nAnd in my first memories they shot Kennedy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  (D D DU)           [ch]C[/ch](DUDU) [ch]Dsus2[/ch] (DUDU)\r\nAn' I went numb when I learned to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch] (D D DU)     [ch]D/F#[/ch] (D D DU)       [ch]Em[/ch] (D D UUD DUDU)\r\nSo I never fell for Vietnam. We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch] (D D DU)                    [ch]D/F#[/ch] (D D DUDU)\r\nThat you can't trust freedom when it's not in your hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]    (D D DU)                 [ch]C[/ch] (DUDU) [ch]Dsus2[/ch] (DUDU)\r\nWhen everybody's fightin' For their promised land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] (D D DU)   [ch]D/F#[/ch] (D D DU)  [ch]Em[/ch] (D D UUD DUDU)\r\nAnd I don't need your civil war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] (D D DU)   [ch]D/F#[/ch]    (D D DU)         [ch]Em[/ch] (D D DU)  [ch]C[/ch] (DUDU)    [ch]Dsus2[/ch] (DUDU)\r\nIt feeds the rich while it buries the poor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] (D D DU)  [ch]D/F#[/ch]    (D D DU)            [ch]Em[/ch] (D D UUD DUDU)\r\nYour power hungry sellin' soldiers in a human grocery store ain't that fresh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] (D D DU)  [ch]D/F#[/ch] (D D DU)      [ch]A[/ch] (DUDUDUDU) [ch]A[/ch]* (DUDUDUDU)\r\nI don't need your civil war[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  (D D UUD D du)\r\nLook at the shoes you're filling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   (D D UUD D du)\r\nLook at the blood we're spilling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  (D D UUD D du)\r\nLook at the world we're killing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   (D D DU)           [ch]D/F#[/ch]  (D D DU)\r\nThe way we've always done before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  (D D UUD D du)\r\nLook in the doubt we've wallowed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   (D D UUD D du)\r\nLook at the leaders we've followed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  (D D UUD D du)\r\nLook at the lies we've swallowed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  (D D DU)     [ch]D/F#[/ch] (D D DU)   [ch]A[/ch] (DUDUDUDU DUDUDUDU DUDUDUDU DUDUDUDU)\r\nAnd I don't want to hear no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Verse 4]\r\ne|-0-----0-----0-----|\r\nB|-2-----3-----5-----|\r\nG|-2-----2-----2-----|\r\nD|-2-----2-----2-----|\r\nA|-0-----0-----0-----|\r\nE|-x-----x-----x-----|[/tab]\r\n   [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]*    [ch]A[/ch]**\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch] (D D UUD D du)\r\nMy hands are tied[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]   (D D UUD D du)\r\nFor all I've seen has changed my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch] (D D UUD D du)\r\nBut still the wars go on as the years go by[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]   (D D UUD D du) \r\nWith no love of God or human rights[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch] (D D UUD D du)\r\n'Cause all these dreams are swept aside[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]   (D D UUD D du)\r\nBy bloody hands of the hypnotized[/tab]\r\n    \r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch] (D D UUD D du)\r\nWho carry the cross of homicide[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]  (D D DU)       [ch]D/F#[/ch] (D D DU)         [ch]A[/ch] (DUDUDUDU    DUDUDUDU) [ch]A[/ch]* (DUDUDUDU) [ch]A[/ch]** (DUDUDUDU)\r\nAnd history bears the scars of our civil wars[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] (D D DU)   [ch]D/F#[/ch] (D D DU)  [ch]Em[/ch] (D D UUD DUDU)\r\nAnd I don't need your civil war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] (D D DU)   [ch]D/F#[/ch] (D D DU)            [ch]Em[/ch] (D D DU)  [ch]C[/ch] (DUDU)    [ch]Dsus2[/ch] (DUDU)\r\nIt feeds the rich while it buries the poor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] (D D DU)  [ch]D/F#[/ch]    (D D DU)            [ch]Em[/ch] (D D UUD DUDU)\r\nYour power hungry sellin' soldiers in a human grocery store ain't that fresh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] (D D DU)  [ch]D/F#[/ch] (D D DU)      [ch]Em[/ch] (D D DU)  [ch]C[/ch] (DUDU)    [ch]Dsus2[/ch] (DUDU)\r\nI don't need your civil war[/tab]\r\n[tab](D D DU)  [ch]D/F#[/ch] (D D DU)      [ch]Em[/ch] (D D DU)  [ch]C[/ch] (DUDU)    [ch]Dsus2[/ch] (DUDU)\r\nI don't need your civil war[/tab]\r\n[tab](D D DU)  [ch]D/F#[/ch] (D D DU)      [ch]Em[/ch] (D D DU)  [ch]C[/ch] (DUDU)    [ch]Dsus2[/ch] (DUDU)\r\nI don't need your civil war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] (D D DU)  [ch]D/F#[/ch]    (D D DU)             [ch]Em[/ch] (D D UUD DUDU)\r\nYour power hungry sellin' soldiers in a human grocery store ain't that fresh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] (D D DU)  [ch]D/F#[/ch] (D D DU)      [ch]Em[/ch] (D D DU)  [ch]C[/ch] (DUDU)    [ch]Dsus2[/ch] (DUDU) [ch]G[/ch] (D)\r\nI don't need your civil war[/tab]\r\n\r\n| h   Hammer-on\r","plain_text":"Original is played in Drop D, Capo 5th Fret, so for Standard Tuning, you can use Capo 4th.\nAll tabs chords relative to capo.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   Em    G       D/F#\n\n\n   A     A*\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   A     A*    A**\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| h   Hammer-on","chords":["D","B","G","A","E","Em","D/F#","C","Dsus2"],"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]},"Dsus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,0],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,0]},"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]}}}