Civil War

Chords

G-Tuning (Baritone)

Em
Look at your young men fighting
G
Look at your women crying
Em
Look at your young men dying
G                                 D
The way they've always done before 

Em
Look at the hate we're breeding
G
Look at the fear we're feeding
Em
Look at the lives we're leading
G                               D
The way we've always done before

 A    A7

                    Em
My hands are tied
      G                                  D
The billions shift from side to side
            Em
And the wars go on with brainwashed pride
           G                            D
For the love of God and our human rights
       Em
And all these things are swept aside
      G                                   D
By bloody hands time can't deny
            Em
And are washed away by your genocide
       G                       D            A   Am
And history hides the lies of our civil wars

Bm     D     A

                    G                                    Bm
D'you wear a black armband when they shot the man
             Em
Who said     "Peace could last forever"
               G                            Bm
And in my first memories they shot Kennedy
Em                               C          D         G                Bm
I went numb when I learned to see so I never fell for Vietnam
                 Em                                                    G
We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all that you can't trust freedom
              Bm                              Em
When it's not in your hands when everybody's fightin'
                     C       D
For their promised land And

Chorus
G            Bm                 Em
    I don't need your civil war
G                   Bm                               Em
    It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
G                      Bm                                Em 
    You're power hungry sellin' soldier In a      human grocery store Ain't that fresh
G            Bm                 Em          C  D
    I don't need your civil war

solo part

Em
Look at the shoes you're filling
G
Look at the blood we're spilling
Em
Look at the world we're killing
G                               D
The way we've always done before

Em
Look in the doubt we've wallowed
G
Look at the leaders we've followed
Em
Look at the lies we've swallowed
G                           D 
And I don't want to hear no more

A       A7

                    Em
My hands are tied
      G                                        D
For all I've seen has changed my mind
                 Em
But still the wars go on and the years go by
            G                   D                            Em
With no love of God or human rights 'cause all these dreams are swept aside
     G                                    D
By bloody hands of the hypnotized
        Em
Who carry the cross of homicide
       G                       D                      A
And history bears the scars of our civil wars
 
chorus
G            Bm                 Em
    I don't need your civil war
G                   Bm                               Em
    It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
G                      Bm                                Em
    You're power hungry sellin' soldier In a      human grocery store Ain't that fresh
G            Bm                 Em          C  D
    I don't need your civil war

G            Bm                 Em
    I don't need your civil war
G                   Bm                               Em
    It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
G                      Bm                                Em
    You're power hungry sellin' soldier In a      human grocery store Ain't that fresh
G            Bm                 Em          C  D
    I don't need your civil war

G            Bm                  A
    I don't need one more war
G            Bm                  A
    I don't need one more war

Whaz so civil 'bout war anyway?

Bm  D  A

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