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Waiting For A War

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Great song by a great band, there aren't any correct tabs on here so thought I'd give it a try
Chords used:
Gm: 355333
Cm: x35545
C#m:x46656
F:  133211
A#/Bb: 688766
(I don't know what this ones called so) A#/Bb?: 5887xx
Eb: x6888x
Dm: x57765
Intro Riff
e-----6---------6--------6---------------13-----------13---------13---------|
B--3----3---3-----3--3-----3--3/6---11------10---11------10--11-----10--11--|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------10--|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
When there's an A#/Bb to A#/Bb? do this:
e----------------|
B----------------|
G------7---7-----|
D------8---8-- --|
A------8---8-----|
E----6---5-------|
Verse 1
            Gm                   Cm                   F  A#/Bb  
It feels less important when you want to wait it out
     A#/Bb?                  Gm               Cm                     F  A#/Bb  
I've had enough either give me what i want or put me on the street
    A#/Bb?         Gm          Cm           F  A#/     Bb  A#/Bb?
I'm getting tired of living my life like nothing's happening
    Gm      Cm      F  A#/Bb  
GmTalk is Cmcheap but lies are Feven cheaper
A#/   Bb  A#/Bb?                Gm                       Cm                F  A#/Bb  
So it's really me I want you to count the ways you can make it up to me
    A#/Bb?         Gm          Cm             F  A#/       Bb       Gm     Cm    F  A#/ Bb  
I'm getting tired of everybody talking and not doing a thing
Chorus
EbHere I am in the graveyard waiting for a Dmwar
I'm Ebhere, I'm calling out your name
I've been here beDmfore
Ohhh ohh Dmohh C#mohhh CmOH
Intro Riff
Verse 2
Keyboard
(Gm)                    (Cm)                   (F)            (A#/Bb)
There's nothing left to talk about but there's plenty left to do
           (Guitar kicks back in)
    A#/Bb?                Gm                  Cm                 F  A#/Bb  
And if it's all the same to me you know it'll be different to you
    A#/Bb?         Gm                Cm                 F  A#/     B  A#/Bb?
I'm getting tired of living like I'm dying while the world is moving
    Gm      Cm      F  A#/Bb  
on
Chorus
EbHere I am in the graveyard waiting for a Dmwar
I'm Ebhere, I'm calling out your name
I've been here beDmfore
Outro
FPardon me I must apoloCmgize
I've been this way for quite some Ebtime
                                    A#/Bb  
I tried to leave this a long time ago 

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Waiting For A War

by The Morning Benders

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

Great song by a great band, there aren't any correct tabs on here so thought I'd give it a try

Chords used:

: 355333

: x35545

C#m

:x46656

: 133211

A# Bb

/: 688766

(I don't know what this ones called so) A#/Bb?: 5887xx

: x6888x

: x57765

Intro Riff

e-----6---------6--------6---------------13-----------13---------13---------|

B--3----3---3-----3--3-----3--3/6---11------10---11------10--11-----10--11--|

G-----------------------------------------------------------------------10--|

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

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

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

When there's an A#/Bb to A#/Bb? do this:

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

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

G------7---7-----|

D------8---8-- --|

A------8---8-----|

E----6---5-------|

Verse 1

Gm Cm F A# Bb

It feels less important when you want to wait it out

A# Bb Gm Cm F A# Bb

/? /

I've had enough either give me what i want or put me on the street

A# Bb Gm Cm F A# Bb A# Bb

/? / /?

I'm getting tired of living my life like nothing's happening

Gm Cm F A# Bb

Gm Cm F

Talk is cheap but lies are even cheaper

A# Bb A# Bb Gm Cm F A# Bb

/ /? /

So it's really me I want you to count the ways you can make it up to me

A# Bb Gm Cm F A# Bb Gm Cm F A# Bb

/? / /

I'm getting tired of everybody talking and not doing a thing

Chorus

Eb Dm

Here I am in the graveyard waiting for a war

I'm here, I'm calling out your name

I've been here before

Dm C#m Cm

Ohhh ohh ohh ohhh OH

Intro Riff

Verse 2

Keyboard

Gm Cm F

() () () (A#/Bb)

There's nothing left to talk about but there's plenty left to do

(Guitar kicks back in)

A# Bb Gm Cm F A# Bb

/? /

And if it's all the same to me you know it'll be different to you

A# Bb Gm Cm F A# B A# Bb

/? / /?

I'm getting tired of living like I'm dying while the world is moving

Gm Cm F A# Bb

Chorus

Eb Dm

Here I am in the graveyard waiting for a war

I'm here, I'm calling out your name

I've been here before

Outro

F Cm

Pardon me I must apologize

I've been this way for quite some time

A# Bb

I tried to leave this a long time ago

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