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War Of My Life

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1/34

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 34Position: 4

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Standard Tuning
[Intro]
E, A, C#m, A  
[Intro Riff]
(Clean, with lots of ambience and mild detune / reversing effect.)
E|---E4---A5-A5--E4-E4---A5-A5--A7-E4---A5--E4-D62h4--A0---|
B|---5---5-5--5-5---5-5--5-5---5--5-0----2---|
G|---4---6-6--4-4---6-6--6-4---6--4-2----2---|
D|---6---7-7--6-6---7-7--7-6---7--6------2---|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
Come out anEgels, come out ghAosts,
Come out daC#mrkness, bring everyone you knAow.
I'm not runEning, I'm not scaAred,
I am waiC#mting, and well pArepared.
[Chorus]
EI'm in the war of my lifAe,
At the door of my lC#mife,
Out of time and there's Anowhere to run..E.
[Verse]
EI've got a hammer, and a heart of gAlass,
I got to C#mknow right now, which walls to Asmash.
I got a Epocket, got no pAill
If fear hasn't kC#milled me yet, then nothing will.A  
[Bridge]
AAll the Bsuffering, and C#mall the Apain,
ANever left a namBe or...
[Chorus]
EI'm in the war of my lifAe,
At the door of my life,C#m  
Out of time and there's Anowhere to run.
EI'm in the war of my lifAe,
At the core of my lC#mife,
I've got no choice but to fAight 'til it's done.
[Bridge]
ANo more Bsuffering.
C#mNo more Apain.
ANever agBain.
[Solo]
E, A, C#m, A  
[Solo Riff]
(Clean, with lots of ambience and mild detune / reversing effect.)
E chord with some frills...
E|--7--4~---4-7-4--7~--4~---4-7-4-7b9-4~---5b4-----4-----(4~)-|
B|--5--5~---5-5-5--5~--5~---5-5-5-----5~---------5-------(5~)-|
G|--4--4~---4-4-4--4~--4~---4-4-4-----4~-------4-----4---(4~)-|
D|--6--6~---6-6-6--6~--6~---6-6-6-----6~-----------------(6~)-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
[Interlude]
EI'm in the war of my lifAe,
At the door of my lC#mife,
Out of time and there's Anowhere to run.  EOh...
[Outro]
I'm in the war of my lifAe.
I'm at the core of my liC#mfe.
Got no choice but to figAht 'til it's done.
So fight Eon, fight on evAeryone; fight oC#mn.
Got no choice but to figAht 'til it's done.
Fight Eon, fight on everyAone.
Fight C#mon, got no choice, but it'As a fight 'til it's done.
So fight oEn...

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War Of My Life

by John Mayer

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

Standard Tuning

[Intro]

E A C#m A

, , ,

[Intro Riff]

(Clean, with lots of ambience and mild detune / reversing effect.)

E A A E E A A A E A E D6 A

E|---4---5-5--4-4---5-5--7-4---5--4-2h4--0---|

B|---5---5-5--5-5---5-5--5-5---5--5-0----2---|

G|---4---6-6--4-4---6-6--6-4---6--4-2----2---|

D|---6---7-7--6-6---7-7--7-6---7--6------2---|

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

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

[Verse]

E A

Come out angels, come out ghosts,

C#m A

Come out darkness, bring everyone you know.

E A

I'm not running, I'm not scared,

C#m A

I am waiting, and well prepared.

[Chorus]

E A

I'm in the war of my life,

C#m

At the door of my life,

A E

Out of time and there's nowhere to run...

[Verse]

E A

I've got a hammer, and a heart of glass,

C#m A

I got to know right now, which walls to smash.

E A

I got a pocket, got no pill

C#m A

If fear hasn't killed me yet, then nothing will.

[Bridge]

A B C#m A

All the suffering, and all the pain,

A B

Never left a name or...

[Chorus]

E A

I'm in the war of my life,

C#m

At the door of my life,

Out of time and there's nowhere to run.

E A

I'm in the war of my life,

C#m

At the core of my life,

I've got no choice but to fight 'til it's done.

[Bridge]

A B

No more suffering.

C#m A

No more pain.

A B

Never again.

[Solo]

E A C#m A

, , ,

[Solo Riff]

(Clean, with lots of ambience and mild detune / reversing effect.)

E chord with some frills...

E|--7--4~---4-7-4--7~--4~---4-7-4-7b9-4~---5b4-----4-----(4~)-|

B|--5--5~---5-5-5--5~--5~---5-5-5-----5~---------5-------(5~)-|

G|--4--4~---4-4-4--4~--4~---4-4-4-----4~-------4-----4---(4~)-|

D|--6--6~---6-6-6--6~--6~---6-6-6-----6~-----------------(6~)-|

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

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

[Interlude]

E A

I'm in the war of my life,

C#m

At the door of my life,

A E

Out of time and there's nowhere to run. Oh...

[Outro]

I'm in the war of my life.

C#m

I'm at the core of my life.

Got no choice but to fight 'til it's done.

E A C#m

So fight on, fight on everyone; fight on.

Got no choice but to fight 'til it's done.

E A

Fight on, fight on everyone.

C#m A

Fight on, got no choice, but it's a fight 'til it's done.

So fight on...

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