{"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":446258,"song":"The War Was In Color","artist":"Carbon Leaf","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11561549-the-war-was-in-color-chords-by-carbon-leaf/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/446258?type=chord","rating":4.69252,"votes":14,"content":"D5:  000xxx\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\r\n(whole time)[/tab]\r\n\r\nI see you've found a box of my things -\r\nInfantries, tanks and smoldering airplane wings.\r\nThese old pictures are cool. Tell me some stories\r\nWas it like the old war movies?\r\nSit down son. Let me fill you in\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere to begin? Let's start with the end[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis black and white photo don't capture the skin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom the flash of a gun to a soldier who's done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nTrust me grandson[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe war was in color\r\n\r\n(Fill)\r\n\r\n[tab]E|-2-2-0-0---3-3-2-2---2-2-0-0---3-3-2--|\r\nB|-3-3-3---2-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---2-3-3-3--|\r\nG|-2-2-2-----2-2-2-----2-2-2-----2-2-2--|\r\nD|--------------------------------------|\r\nA|--------------------------------------|\r\nD|--------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\r\n(whole time, with fill in background)[/tab]\r\n\r\nFrom shipyard to sea, from factory to sky\r\nFrom rivet to rifle, from boot camp to battle cry\r\nI wore the mask up high on a daylight run\r\nThat held my face in its clammy hand\r\nCrawled over coconut logs and corpses in the coral sand\r\n\r\n(Chorus same as above)\r\n\r\nWhere to begin? Let's start with the end\r\nThis black and white photo don't capture the skin\r\nFrom the shock of a shell or the memory of smell\r\nIf red is for Hell\r\nThe war was in color\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\r\n(whole time, with fill in background)[/tab]\r\n\r\nI held the canvas bag over the railing\r\nThe dead released, with the ship still sailing,\r\nOut of our hands and into the swallowing sea\r\nI felt the crossfire stitching up soldiers\r\nInto a blanket of dead, and as the night grows colder\r\nIn a window back home, a Blue Star is traded for Gold.\r\n\r\n(Chorus same as above)\r\n\r\nWhere to begin? Let's start with the end\r\nThis black and white photo don't capture the skin\r\nWhen metal is churned. And bodies are burned\r\nVictory earned\r\nThe war was in color\r\n\r\n(Let these chords ring)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow I lay in my grave at age 21[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nLong before you were born[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBefore I bore a son[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat good did it do?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell hopefully for you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nA world without war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nA life full of color[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere to begin? Let's start with the end[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThis black and white photo never captured my skin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnce it was torn from an enemy thorn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nStraight through the core[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe war was in color[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere to begin? Let's start with the end[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThis black and white photo never captured my skin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom the flash of a gun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo a soldier who's done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nTrust me grandson[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe war was in color[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nTrust me grandson[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe war was in color[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nTrust me grandson[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe war was in color[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Fill)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe War[/tab]","plain_text":"D5:  000xxx\n\n\n\n\nI see you've found a box of my things -\nInfantries, tanks and smoldering airplane wings.\nThese old pictures are cool. Tell me some stories\nWas it like the old war movies?\nSit down son. Let me fill you in\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\nThe war was in color\n\n(Fill)\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom shipyard to sea, from factory to sky\nFrom rivet to rifle, from boot camp to battle cry\nI wore the mask up high on a daylight run\nThat held my face in its clammy hand\nCrawled over coconut logs and corpses in the coral sand\n\n(Chorus same as above)\n\nWhere to begin? Let's start with the end\nThis black and white photo don't capture the skin\nFrom the shock of a shell or the memory of smell\nIf red is for Hell\nThe war was in color\n\n\n\nI held the canvas bag over the railing\nThe dead released, with the ship still sailing,\nOut of our hands and into the swallowing sea\nI felt the crossfire stitching up soldiers\nInto a blanket of dead, and as the night grows colder\nIn a window back home, a Blue Star is traded for Gold.\n\n(Chorus same as above)\n\nWhere to begin? Let's start with the end\nThis black and white photo don't capture the skin\nWhen metal is churned. And bodies are burned\nVictory earned\nThe war was in color\n\n(Let these chords ring)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Fill)","chords":["D5","D","G","A","E","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}