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"This Means War"
by Shovels and Rope
O' Be Joyful
C E7 Am F C G C
C E7 Am F C G C
C
Well I had an E7awful Amdream
I Flaid your Cbones by a Gshallow Cstream
I carved your name in a E7willow Amtree
And Fbeat the CgroundG  C  
C E7 Am F C G C
C
The water clear and E7sun a’Ambright
I Fleft the Ctears Galone to Cdry
I raised my arms E7up to the Amsky
FAnd I Cchallenged CodG  C  
C E7 Am F C G C
C E7 Am F C G C
C
You had no prose, you E7had no Amright
To Ftake my Cdove, my Glittle Clight
Half of my soul, E7half of Ammy sight
FMy Cbeating heart, Gmy precious Cwife
AmHave you no Fanswer, Cfollow you no E7more
AmI'm on my Fown,    Gthis means Cwar
C E7 Am F C G C
C E7 Am F C G C
C
When I awoke, when E7I came Amto
My Fwhole persCpective was Gbrand Cnew
I made a vow and I E7keep it Amtrue
FHold very Cclose what's Ggiven to Cyou
E7Keep very Amclose what's Fgiven to CyouG  C  

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This Means War

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"This Means War"

by Shovels and Rope

O' Be Joyful

C E7 Am F C G C

E7 Am

Well I had an awful dream

F C G C

I laid your bones by a shallow stream

E7 Am

I carved your name in a willow tree

F C G C

And beat the ground

C E7 Am F C G C

E7 Am

The water clear and sun a’bright

F C G C

I left the tears alone to dry

E7 Am

I raised my arms up to the sky

F C G C

And I challenged Cod

C E7 Am F C G C

E7 Am

You had no prose, you had no right

F C G C

To take my dove, my little light

E7 Am

Half of my soul, half of my sight

F C G C

My beating heart, my precious wife

Am F C E7

Have you no answer, follow you no more

Am F G C

I'm on my own, this means war

C E7 Am F C G C

E7 Am

When I awoke, when I came to

F C G C

My whole perspective was brand new

E7 Am

I made a vow and I keep it true

F C G C

Hold very close what's given to you

E7 Am F C G C

Keep very close what's given to you

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