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War Of My Life

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1/34

Tempo 80 BPM

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Step 1 / 34Position: 4

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open

Standard Tuning
[Intro]
E A C#mA
, , , 
[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,
                        A
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,
                           A
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#mA
, , , 
[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]
                        A
I'm in the war of my life.
                        C#m
I'm at the core of my life.
                        A
Got no choice but to fight 'til it's done.
         E              A              C#m
So fight on, fight on everyone; fight on.
                        A
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.
          E
So fight on...

War Of My Life chords and lyrics

Free chords for War Of My Life by John Mayer. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Standard Tuning
[Intro]
E, A, C#m, A
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Solo]
E, A, C#m, A
[Interlude]
[Outro]

War Of My Life Chords by John Mayer

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The chords for "War Of My Life" show the original chord names (including E, A, C#m, D6, B, G). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.