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The War Was In Color

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D5:  000xxx
D5(whole time)
I see you've found a box of my things -
Infantries, tanks and smoldering airplane wings.
These old pictures are cool. Tell me some stories
Was it like the old war movies?
Sit down son. Let me fill you in
(Chorus)
DWhere to begin? GLet's start with the Dend
This black and white Aphoto don't capture the skinD  
GFrom the flash of a gun Dto a soldier who's done
ATrust me grandson
The war was in color
(Fill)
E|-2-2-0-0---3-3-2-2---2-2-0-0---3-3-2--|
B|-3-3-3---2-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---2-3-3-3--|
G|-2-2-2-----2-2-2-----2-2-2-----2-2-2--|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
D5(whole time, with fill in background)
From shipyard to sea, from factory to sky
From rivet to rifle, from boot camp to battle cry
I wore the mask up high on a daylight run
That held my face in its clammy hand
Crawled over coconut logs and corpses in the coral sand
(Chorus same as above)
Where to begin? Let's start with the end
This black and white photo don't capture the skin
From the shock of a shell or the memory of smell
If red is for Hell
The war was in color
D5(whole time, with fill in background)
I held the canvas bag over the railing
The dead released, with the ship still sailing,
Out of our hands and into the swallowing sea
I felt the crossfire stitching up soldiers
Into a blanket of dead, and as the night grows colder
In a window back home, a Blue Star is traded for Gold.
(Chorus same as above)
Where to begin? Let's start with the end
This black and white photo don't capture the skin
When metal is churned. And bodies are burned
Victory earned
The war was in color
(Let these chords ring)
GNow I lay in my Dgrave at age 21
ALong before you were born
DBefore I bore a son
GWhat good did it do?
DWell hopefully for you
AA world without war
AA life full of color
DWhere to begin? Let's Gstart with the end
DThis black and white photo Anever captured my skin
DOnce it was torn Gfrom an enemy thorn
DStraight through the core
AThe war was in color
DWhere to begin? Let's Gstart with the end
DThis black and white photo Anever captured my skin
DFrom the flash of a gun
GTo a soldier who's done
DTrust me grandson
AThe war was in color
DTrust me grandson
AThe war was in color
DTrust me grandson
AThe war was in color
(Fill)
DThe WAar

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The War Was In Color

by Carbon Leaf

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D5: 000xxx

(whole time)

I see you've found a box of my things -

Infantries, tanks and smoldering airplane wings.

These old pictures are cool. Tell me some stories

Was it like the old war movies?

Sit down son. Let me fill you in

(Chorus)

D G D

Where to begin? Let's start with the end

A D

This black and white photo don't capture the skin

G D

From the flash of a gun to a soldier who's done

Trust me grandson

The war was in color

(Fill)

E|-2-2-0-0---3-3-2-2---2-2-0-0---3-3-2--|

B|-3-3-3---2-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---2-3-3-3--|

G|-2-2-2-----2-2-2-----2-2-2-----2-2-2--|

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

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

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

(whole time, with fill in background)

From shipyard to sea, from factory to sky

From rivet to rifle, from boot camp to battle cry

I wore the mask up high on a daylight run

That held my face in its clammy hand

Crawled over coconut logs and corpses in the coral sand

(Chorus same as above)

Where to begin? Let's start with the end

This black and white photo don't capture the skin

From the shock of a shell or the memory of smell

If red is for Hell

The war was in color

(whole time, with fill in background)

I held the canvas bag over the railing

The dead released, with the ship still sailing,

Out of our hands and into the swallowing sea

I felt the crossfire stitching up soldiers

Into a blanket of dead, and as the night grows colder

In a window back home, a Blue Star is traded for Gold.

(Chorus same as above)

Where to begin? Let's start with the end

This black and white photo don't capture the skin

When metal is churned. And bodies are burned

Victory earned

The war was in color

(Let these chords ring)

G D

Now I lay in my grave at age 21

Long before you were born

Before I bore a son

What good did it do?

Well hopefully for you

A world without war

A life full of color

D G

Where to begin? Let's start with the end

D A

This black and white photo never captured my skin

D G

Once it was torn from an enemy thorn

Straight through the core

The war was in color

D G

Where to begin? Let's start with the end

D A

This black and white photo never captured my skin

From the flash of a gun

To a soldier who's done

Trust me grandson

The war was in color

Trust me grandson

The war was in color

Trust me grandson

The war was in color

(Fill)

D A

The War

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