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Guns N' Roses - Civil War
[Intro]
"What we've got here is failure to communicate
Some men, you just can't reach
So you get what we had here last week
Which is the way he wants it
Well, he gets it
An' I don't like it any more than you, men."
[Verse]
EmLook at your young men fighting
GLook at your women crying
EmLook at your young men dying
The Gway they've always D/F#done before
EmLook at the hate we're breeding
GLook at the fear we're feeding
EmLook at the lives we're leading
The Gway we've always D/F#done before
A5 Aadd#11 A7
My hands are tE5ied
The Gbillions shift from side to sD/F#ide
And the E5wars go on with brainwashed pride
For the Glove of God and our Dhuman rights
And Emall these things are swept aside
By Gbloody hands time can't denyD/F#  
And are E5washed away by your genocide
And Ghistory hides the lDies of our civil wAars
B/A C/A D/A
(WAH RIFF)
D'you wear a bGlack armband when they sBmhot the man
Who said Em"Peace could last forever"
And in my fGirst memories they sBmhot Kennedy
EmI went numb when I lCearned to sDee so I Gnever fell for BmVietnam
We got the Emwall of D.C. to remind us all that you Gcan't trust freedom
When it's Bmnot in your hands when Emeverybody's fightin'
For their proCmiCsed land DanDd
[Chorus]
GI don't nBmeed your civil Emwar
GIt feeds the Bmrich while it buries the EmpoorC  C  D  D  
GYou're power hBmungry sellin' soldiers in a Emhuman grocery store, ain't that fresh
GI don't nBmeed your civil EmwarC  C  D  D  
[Solo]
G Bm Em
G Bm Em C D
G Bm Em
G Bm Em C D
[Verse]
EmLook at the shoes you're filling
GLook at the blood we're spilling
EmLook at the world we're killing
The Gway we've always D/F#done before
EmLook in the doubt we've wallowed
GLook at the leaders we've followed
EmLook at the lies we've swallowed
And GI don't wanna hD/F#ear no more
A5 Aadd#11 A7
My hands are tE5ied
For Gall I've seen has changed my minD/F#d
But still the E5wars go on and the years go by
With no Glove of God or Dhuman rights
'cause Emall these dreams are swept aside
By Gbloody hands of the hypnotizD/F#ed
Who E5carry the cross of homicide
And Ghistory bears the sDcars of our civil wAars
B/A C/A D/A
(WAH RIFF)
( A   B/A   C/A   D/A   F/A  C/A)
"We practice selective annihilation of mayors and government officials
For example, to create a vacuum
Then we fill that vacuum
As popular war advances
Peace is closer"
[Chorus]
GI don't nBmeed your civil Emwar
GIt feeds the rBmich while it buries the pEmoorC  C  D  D  
GYou're power hBmungry sellin' soldiers in a Emhuman grocery store, ain't that fresh
GI don't nBmeed your civil Emwar, no no C.C...D..D...
GI don't nBmeed your civil Emwar
GI don't nBmeed your civil EmwarC  C  D  D  
GYou're power hBmungry sellin' soldiers in a Emhuman grocery store, ain't that fresh
GI don't nBmeed your civil Emwar, no no C.C...D..D...
[Solo out]
GI don't nBmeed one more Emwar
G Bm Em C C D D
G Bm Em
GI don't nBmeed one more Emwar, no no C.C...D..D...
[Outro]
B/A   C/A   D/A(fade out)
What's so civil 'bout war anyway?

The story behind the song

"Civil War" is a powerful protest song by Guns N' Roses that made its debut on the 1990 compilation Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal before appearing on their 1991 album Use Your Illusion II. The song critiques war, framing all conflict as a "civil war" and highlighting how it benefits the wealthy while harming the poor. It famously features lead singer Axl Rose questioning, "What's so civil about war, anyway?" This track is also notable as the last single recorded with drummer Steven Adler.

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