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Intro:  Em  
You've Cgot the mouth of a she wolf
Inside the Ammask of an innocent lamb
You say your Emheart is all compassion
                   Dsus2/           F#  G  
But there's just a flat line on your cardiogram
Yet you Amalways made a profit babyC  
If it was a famine or a feastEm  
Yes, I'm the Csoul of indiscretion,
I was Amcursed with x-ray vision,
I could Emsee right through all the lies you told,
         Dsus2/            F#  G  
When you smiled for the television
And you can Amsee the coming battleC  
You pray the drums will never ceaseEm  
And you may Amwin this war that's comingC  
But would you tolerate the peace?Em  
OoHooHoDooooHoGooHoCoooAmoo
InDvesting in munitions
And those Glittle cotton flags
Invest in Cwooden caskets
In guns and Ambody bags, guns and body bagsG  Em  
Your Cdaddy was a businessman
And it Amalways made good sense
You know the Emwar can make you rich my friend
   Dsus2/            F#  G  
In dollars, pounds and cents
In the Amtemple that was Mammon'sC  
You were ordained the parish priestEm  
Yes you maAmy win this coming battleC  
But could you tolerate the peace?Em  
OoHooHoDooooHoGooHoCoooAmoo
OoHooHoDooooHoGooHoCoooAmoo
InDvest in deadly weapons
And those Glittle cotton flags
Invest in Cwooden caskets
In guns and Ambody bags
You're Dinvested in oppression
Investing Gin corruption
Invest in every Ctyranny
And the whole world's destrucAmtion G  Em  
I Gimagine there's a Emfuture
When all the Gearthly wars are Emover
You may Gfind yourself just Emstanding there
On the Gwhite cliffs of EmDover
You may Gask, what does it Emprofit a man
To gain the Gwhole world and suffer the Emloss of his soul?
Is that your Gbody you see on the Emrocks below
As the Gtide begins to Emroll?
And you Aminvested in this prisonC  
From which you never got releasedEm  
You may have Amwon this war we're fightingC  
But would you tolerate the peace?D  G  C  Am  
OoHooHoDooooHoGooHoCoooAmoo
There's a Dwar on our democracy
A waGr on our dissent
There's a war inside reCligion
And what JCesus might have meant
DThere's a war on mother nature
A Gwar upon the seas
There's a war upon the Cforests
On the bCirds and the bees
DThere's a war on education
A Gwar on information
A war between the Csexes
And Cevery nation
A Dwar on our compassion
A war on understaGnding
A war on love and Clife itself
It's war that they're demAmandingC  Am  C  
G Em  G Em
Make it Geasy on yourEmself
And don't do GnothingEm  
          EADGBE
Am....... -02210
 C....... -32010
D........ --0232
Dsus2/F#. 2-023-
G........ 230033

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This War

by Sting

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Dsus2

Intro:

You've got the mouth of a she wolf

Inside the mask of an innocent lamb

You say your heart is all compassion

Dsus2 F# G

But there's just a flat line on your cardiogram

Am C

Yet you always made a profit baby

If it was a famine or a feast

Yes, I'm the soul of indiscretion,

I was cursed with x-ray vision,

I could see right through all the lies you told,

Dsus2 F# G

When you smiled for the television

Am C

And you can see the coming battle

You pray the drums will never cease

Am C

And you may win this war that's coming

But would you tolerate the peace?

D G C Am

OoHooHoooooHoooHoooooo

Investing in munitions

And those little cotton flags

Invest in wooden caskets

Am G Em

In guns and body bags, guns and body bags

Your daddy was a businessman

And it always made good sense

You know the war can make you rich my friend

Dsus2 F# G

In dollars, pounds and cents

Am C

In the temple that was Mammon's

You were ordained the parish priest

Am C

Yes you may win this coming battle

But could you tolerate the peace?

D G C Am

OoHooHoooooHoooHoooooo

D G C Am

OoHooHoooooHoooHoooooo

Invest in deadly weapons

And those little cotton flags

Invest in wooden caskets

In guns and body bags

You're invested in oppression

Investing in corruption

Invest in every tyranny

Am G Em

And the whole world's destruction

G Em

I imagine there's a future

G Em

When all the earthly wars are over

G Em

You may find yourself just standing there

G Em

On the white cliffs of Dover

G Em

You may ask, what does it profit a man

G Em

To gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?

G Em

Is that your body you see on the rocks below

G Em

As the tide begins to roll?

Am C

And you invested in this prison

From which you never got released

Am C

You may have won this war we're fighting

D G C Am

But would you tolerate the peace?

D G C Am

OoHooHoooooHoooHoooooo

There's a war on our democracy

A war on our dissent

There's a war inside religion

And what Jesus might have meant

There's a war on mother nature

A war upon the seas

There's a war upon the forests

On the birds and the bees

There's a war on education

A war on information

A war between the sexes

And every nation

A war on our compassion

A war on understanding

A war on love and life itself

Am C Am C

It's war that they're demanding

G Em G Em

G Em

Make it easy on yourself

G Em

And don't do nothing

EADGBE

....... -02210

....... -32010

D........ --0232

Dsus2 F#

/. 2-023-

........ 230033

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