This is how I believe Neil is playing it on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skJddbSJQjA
[Intro]
Am E Am E Am
e|-------|--------|------------|-0-1-0----------|
B|-------|--------|----1-3-1-0-|--------3--1--0-|
G|-------|--------|------------|----------------|
D|-------|--------|------------|----------------|
A|—------|--------|------------|----------------|
E|-------|--------|------------|----------------|
[Verse]
Am E
When I sing about love and war,
Am
I don't really know what I'm saying.
E
I've been in love and I've seen a lot of war,
Am
seen a lot of people prayin'.
E
They pray to Allah and they pray to the lord,
Am
and mostly they pray about love and war.
C G D Am
e|------------|-------------|--------|--------|
B|------------|-------------|--------|--------|
G|------------|-------------|--------|--------|
D|------0-2-0-|-----------0-|--------|--------|
A|-3-3--------|-------0-2---|--------|--------|
E|------------|-0h3-3-------|-2------|--------|
C G
Pray about love and war,
G D7/F#
Pray about love and war,
Am E
Seen a lot of young men go to war,
Am
and leave a lot of young brides waiting.
E
I've watched them try to explain it to their kids,
Am
Seen a lot of them failing.
E
They try to tell them and they try to explain,
Am
why daddy won't ever come home again.
C G D Am
e|--------------|---------------|-------|-------|
B|--------------|---------------|-------|-------|
G|--------------|---------------|-------|-------|
D|-----0-2--0---|------------0--|-------|-------|
A|-3-3----------|-------0-2-----|-------|-------|
E|--------------|-0h3-3---------|-2-----|-------|
C G
Daddy won't ever come home,
G D7/F# Am
Daddy won't ever come home,
Am E
I've said a lot of things that I can't take back,
Am
but I don't really know if I want to.
E
I've sung songs about love I've sung songs about war,
Am
since the backstreets of Toronto
E
I sang for justice and I hit a bad chord,
Am
but I still try to sing about love and war.
C G D Am
e|------------|-------------|-------|--------|
B|------------|-------------|-------|--------|
G|------------|-------------|-------|--------|
D|------0-2-0-|-----------0-|-------|--------|
A|-3-3--------|-------0-2---|-------|--------|
E|------------|-0h3-3-------|-2-----|--------|
Am E Am
e|--0-0-0-0---------|---------------|
B|--1-1-1-1-3-1-1-0-|--0-1-3-1-0----|
G|----------4-2-2-1-|------------2--|
D|------------------|---------------|
A|------------------|---------------|
E|------------------|---------------|
E Am E Am
e|----------|------|-000100------|-0-1-0---------|
B|----------|------|-------3-1-0-|-------3-1-0---|
G|----------|------|-------------|-------------2-|
D|----------|------|-------------|---------------|
A|----------|------|-------------|---------------|
E|-00000010-|-0010-|-------------|---------------|
C G D Am
e|-----------------|------------------|--------|
B|-----------------|------------------|--------|
G|-----------------|------------------|--------|
D|-------0--2--0---|------------0-----|--------|
A|-3--3------------|-------0-2--------|--------|
E|-----------------|-0h3-3--------2---|--------|
Am E
Saddest thing in the whole wide world,
Am
is to break the heart of your lover.
E
I made a mistake and I did it again,
Am
and we struggle to recover.
E
I sang in anger, hit another bad chord,
Am
but I still try to sing about love and war
C G D Am
e|-----------------|-----------------------|--------|
B|-----------------|-----------------------|--------|
G|-----------------|-----------------------|--------|
D|-------0--2--0---|----------------0------|--------|
A|-3--3------------|----------0--2---------|--------|
E|-----------------|--0h3--3-----------2---|--------|
C G
Sing about love and war,
G D7/F#
Sing about love and war,
Am
love and war.
Am E Am
e|------------------------|----------------|
B|----------------1-0-----|-0-0-0-0-1-0----|
G|------2-2-2---2-----1---|-------------2--|
D|--2-2-------2---------2-|----------------|
A|------------------------|----------------|
E|------------------------|----------------|
Am E Am
e|-0-0-0-0------------|---------|0-0-0-1-3-1-0-0|0-1-0---------|
B|-1-1-1-1-3-1-1s3-1-0|---------|---------------|------3-1-0-1-|
G|---------4-2-2s4-2-1|---------|---------------|--------------|
D|--------------------|---------|---------------|--------------|
A|--------------------|---------|---------------|--------------|
E|--------------------|0-0-0-1-0|---------------|--------------|
C G D Am
e|------------------|-----------------------|-------|
B|------------------|-----------------------|-------|
G|------------------|-----------------------|-------|
D|--------0--2--0---|----------------0------|-------|
A|--3--3------------|----------0--2---------|-------|
E|------------------|--0h3--3-----------2---|-------|
Am E
When I sing about love and war,
Am
I don't really know what I'm saying.
E
I've been in love and I've seen a lot of war,
Am
seen a lot of people prayin'.
E
They pray to Allah and they pray to the Lord,
Am
and mostly they pray about love and war.
C G
Pray about love and war,
G D7/F#
Pray about love and war,
Am Am
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This is how I believe Neil is playing it on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skJddbSJQjA [Verse]
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