{"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":424365,"song":"This War","artist":"Sting","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/424365-this-war-chords-by-sting/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/424365?type=chord","rating":4.65436,"votes":4,"content":"Intro: [ch]Em[/ch] \r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou've got the mouth of a she wolf[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nInside the mask of an innocent lamb[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou say your heart is all compassion[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Dsus2[/ch]/[ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut there's just a flat line on your cardiogram[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYet you always made a profit baby[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf it was a famine or a feast[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes, I'm the soul of indiscretion,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was cursed with x-ray vision,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI could see right through all the lies you told,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dsus2[/ch]/[ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen you smiled for the television[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you can see the coming battle[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou pray the drums will never cease[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you may win this war that's coming[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut would you tolerate the peace?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOoHooHoooooHoooHoooooo[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nInvesting in munitions[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd those little cotton flags[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInvest in wooden caskets[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn guns and body bags, guns and body bags[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYour daddy was a businessman[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it always made good sense[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou know the war can make you rich my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dsus2[/ch]/[ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn dollars, pounds and cents[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the temple that was Mammon's[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou were ordained the parish priest[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes you may win this coming battle[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut could you tolerate the peace?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOoHooHoooooHoooHoooooo[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOoHooHoooooHoooHoooooo[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nInvest in deadly weapons[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd those little cotton flags[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInvest in wooden caskets[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nIn guns and body bags[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou're invested in oppression[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nInvesting in corruption[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInvest in every tyranny[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the whole world's destruction [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI imagine there's a future[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen all the earthly wars are over[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou may find yourself just standing there[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn the white cliffs of Dover[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou may ask, what does it profit a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIs that your body you see on the rocks below[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs the tide begins to roll?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you invested in this prison[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFrom which you never got released[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]       \r\nYou may have won this war we're fighting[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut would you tolerate the peace?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOoHooHoooooHoooHoooooo[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a war on our democracy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA war on our dissent[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a war inside religion[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd what Jesus might have meant[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a war on mother nature[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA war upon the seas[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a war upon the forests[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the birds and the bees[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a war on education[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA war on information[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA war between the sexes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd every nation[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA war on our compassion[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA war on understanding[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA war on love and life itself[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's war that they're demanding[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMake it easy on yourself[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd don't do nothing[/tab]\r\n\r\n          EADGBE\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]....... -02210\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] ....... -32010\r\nD........ --0232[/tab]\r\n[ch]Dsus2[/ch]/[ch]F#[/ch]. 2-023-\r\n[ch]G[/ch]........ 230033","plain_text":"Intro: Em \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\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\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG Em  G Em\n\n\n\n\n          EADGBE\nAm....... -02210\n\nDsus2/F#. 2-023-\nG........ 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