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You Dont Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War

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Chords:  G   C  D  
Intro:
 G   G   C   Gx2
Verse:  (Repeated throughout)
When your Ggirlfriend asks you 'Ground to her house Cand you meet her Gfolks G  
and they sGay that your hair's tGoo long and you're Cnot their kind of Gbloke G  
they Ggrab you by the Gcollar and they Cthrow you through the Gdoor G  
You Cdon't have to be in the Garmy Cto fight in the Gwar 
Verse:
Well, you're working very hard to get promotion in your job 
but arrive late on morning just because you missed the bus 
the foreman say "you're fired, 'cause you punctuality spoor" 
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war 
Short Riff Starts Palm Muted and gets louder: (Plays throughout)
e|------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
B|------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
G|--4--5--7----4----|----4--5--7----4---|---4--5--7----5---|---5--7--7----4-----|
D|------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
A|------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
E|------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
Verse:
Then you go into a hotel to get put up for the night 
and they say that you can't stay there just because your shirt aint white 
you're tired and you hungry and you cannot walk no more 
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war 
Break:
G  C  G
D  C  G
D  C  G
Verse:
Ain't no money, ain't no woman ain't no roof above your head 
so you lay down in the park and you wish that you were dead 
the fuzz says you are trespassing and kicks you in the jaw 
You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war 
GYou don't have to be in the army Cto fight in the Gwar G  C  
GYou don't have to be in the army Cto fight in the Gwar G  C  
GYou don't have to be in the army Cto fight in the Gwar G  C  
GYou don't have to be ...........eCtc. fade out.G  G  C  

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You Dont Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War

by George Ezra

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G C D

Chords:

Intro:

G G C G

Verse: (Repeated throughout)

G G C G G

When your girlfriend asks you 'round to her house and you meet her folks

G G C G G

and they say that your hair's too long and you're not their kind of bloke

G G C G G

they grab you by the collar and they throw you through the door

C G C G

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

Verse:

Well, you're working very hard to get promotion in your job

but arrive late on morning just because you missed the bus

the foreman say "you're fired, 'cause you punctuality spoor"

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

Short Riff Starts Palm Muted and gets louder: (Plays throughout)

e|------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|

B|------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|

G|--4--5--7----4----|----4--5--7----4---|---4--5--7----5---|---5--7--7----4-----|

D|------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|

A|------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|

E|------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|

Verse:

Then you go into a hotel to get put up for the night

and they say that you can't stay there just because your shirt aint white

you're tired and you hungry and you cannot walk no more

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

Break:

G C G

D C G

Verse:

Ain't no money, ain't no woman ain't no roof above your head

so you lay down in the park and you wish that you were dead

the fuzz says you are trespassing and kicks you in the jaw

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

G C G G C

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

G C G G C

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

G C G G C

You don't have to be in the army to fight in the war

G C G G C

You don't have to be ...........etc. fade out.

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