Masters Of War

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[Chords]
Dm
0-0-0-2-3-1
Dm9/A
0-0-3-2-3-0
Csus2
0-3-0-0-3-0
G/B
0-2-0-0-3-0
[Verse Repeats]
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
e|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----0-----0h1-1-1-1-1----0-----h1-1-1-1-1-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3-----3-3-3-3-3-3----3------3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----2-----0h2-2-2-2-2----0-----h2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----3-----0-0-0-0-0-0----0------0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0----3------0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0----0------0-0-0-0-0-|
[Ending Verse]
Csus2 G/B Dm
e|---0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-----1-----|
B|---3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-----3-----|
G|---0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-----2-----|
D|---0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-----0-----|
A|--h3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-----0-----|
D|---0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--b3-0-----|
[Verse 1]
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
Come you masters of war
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
You that build all the guns
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
You that build the death planes
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
You that build all the bombs
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
You that hide behind walls
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
You that hide behind desks
Dm Csus2
I just want you to know
G/B Dm
I can see through your masks.
[Verse 2]
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
You that never done nothin'
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
But build to destroy
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
You play with my world
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
Like it's your little toy
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
You put a gun in my hand
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
And you hide from my eyes
Dm Csus2
And you turn and run farther
G/B Dm
When the fast bullets fly.
[Verse 3]
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
Like Judas of old
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
You lie and deceive
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
A world war can be won
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
You want me to believe
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
But I see through your eyes
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
And I see through your brain
Dm Csus2
Like I see through the water
G/B Dm
That runs down my drain.
[Verse 4]
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
You fasten all the triggers
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
For the others to fire
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
Then you set back and watch
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
When the death count gets higher
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
You hide in your mansion'
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
As young people's blood
Dm Csus2
Flows out of their bodies
G/B Dm
And is buried in the mud.
[Verse 5]
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
You've thrown the worst fear
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
That can ever be hurled
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
Fear to bring children
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
Into the world
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
For threatening my baby
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
Unborn and unnamed
Dm Csus2
You ain't worth the blood
G/B Dm
That runs in your veins.
[Verse 6]
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
How much do I know
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
To talk out of turn
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
You might say that I'm young
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
You might say I'm unlearned
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
But there's one thing I know
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
Though I'm younger than you
Dm Csus2
That even Jesus would never
G/B Dm
Forgive what you do.
[Verse 7]
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
Let me ask you one question
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
Is your money that good
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
Will it buy you forgiveness
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
Do you think that it could
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
I think you will find
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
When your death takes it's toll
Dm Csus2
All the money you made
G/B Dm
Will never buy back your soul.
[Verse 8]
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
And I hope that you die
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
And your death'll come soon
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
I will follow your casket
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
In the pale afternoon
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Dm Dm9/A Dm Csus2 Dm
Down to your deathbed
Dm Csus2
And I'll stand over your grave
G/B Dm
'Til I'm sure that you're dead.
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| h hammer-on
| b bend
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Masters Of War chords and lyrics

Free chords for Masters Of War by Bob Dylan. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Chords]
Dm      0-0-0-2-3-1
Dm9/A   0-0-3-2-3-0
Csus2   0-3-0-0-3-0
G/B     0-2-0-0-3-0
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Verse 5]
[Verse 6]
[Verse 7]
[Verse 8]
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| h  hammer-on
| b  bend
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Masters Of War Chords by Bob Dylan

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