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Post War Blues

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Standard tuning, Capo on 5th fret if using Dan's chord construction. 
Most chords are finger picked with thumb striking root note on 1st and 3rd beat 
and fingers strumming higher notes on 2nd and 4th beats. 
Chords with an * are strummed rather than finger picked.
This is how Dan plays the chords, standard construction works just as well:
  D10 9  12 11 x  x
  A6  7  11 9  x  x
 Bm7  9  9  7  7  7 
  Gx  10 12 12 12 
DLet's start a war for the kids 
AA purpose for which to unite 
DMake them some words they can mince 
G*                               D  A  
What they don't know, They won't mind 
DFind them a foe for the fight 
AAnd stories to tell as they age 
DThen maybe time will decide 
G*                             D  A  
Which ones keep and which ones fade 
Chorus: 
 Bm*                             D  
There's the deepest sleep in my life, 
Bm*                            D  
from which I am slowly coming to 
A*                  Bm*
And every morning I wait for the news 
A*
oh this is, this is post war blues 
guitar solo 
Make me a means to an end 
Oh make me an ending in sight 
Make me insightful again 
What I can't see, I can't fight 
Make me a fire to burn 
burn all the letters I wrote 
write me a list of concerns 
If we are at peace 
If we are at ease 
I want to know 
Chorus: 
There's the deepest sleep in my life 
from which I am slowly coming to 
And every morning I wait for the news 
Oh this is, this is post war blues 
Oh this is, this is post war blues

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Post War Blues

by Dan Mangan

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

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Standard tuning, Capo on 5th fret if using Dan's chord construction.

Most chords are finger picked with thumb striking root note on 1st and 3rd beat

and fingers strumming higher notes on 2nd and 4th beats.

Chords with an * are strummed rather than finger picked.

This is how Dan plays the chords, standard construction works just as well:

10 9 12 11 x x

6 7 11 9 x x

7 9 9 7 7 7

x 10 12 12 12

Let's start a war for the kids

A purpose for which to unite

Make them some words they can mince

G D A

What they don't know, They won't mind

Find them a foe for the fight

And stories to tell as they age

Then maybe time will decide

G D A

Which ones keep and which ones fade

Chorus:

Bm D

There's the deepest sleep in my life,

Bm D

from which I am slowly coming to

A Bm

* *

And every morning I wait for the news

oh this is, this is post war blues

guitar solo

Make me a means to an end

Oh make me an ending in sight

Make me insightful again

What I can't see, I can't fight

Make me a fire to burn

burn all the letters I wrote

write me a list of concerns

If we are at peace

If we are at ease

I want to know

Chorus:

There's the deepest sleep in my life

from which I am slowly coming to

And every morning I wait for the news

Oh this is, this is post war blues

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