Tonart: D major•
Verse 1
D
F#m
I stand before you even in my
Em
A
D
sleep with wide open eyes
F#m
To tell you things about yourself
Em
you might not recognize
A
D
F#m
Like how we fight for love or money,
Em
A
F#m
and how we fight for fun
A
D
Bm
And how we sometimes fight just
D
Em
A
D
to see some dam age done
Lady
F#m
Liberty, talked in circles and tongues
Em
A
D
While the boys all fought for you
F#m
We thought you were all beauty and truth
Em
A
Now I see you thought so too
D
F#m
You told us time and time again
Em
A
F#m
The best is yet to come
A
D
But the more you talk,
Bm
D
Em
A
D
less you solve the dam age done
F#m
Born and bred to push your love
Em
A
D
out to the edge of town
F#m
Over unmarked graves you swore to
Em
A
try to live your legend down
D
F#m
Headlong into bat tlefields
Em
A
F#m
you broke into a run
Em
A
D
Bm
D
To take part in and be part of the
Em
A
D
Bm
D
Em
A
D
dam age done
F#m
Desert shields and dirty deals
Em
A
D
and them lines drawn in dust
To send a half a million men to
F#m
save some oil in the sand
My
Em
A
God, in cars we toast
D
F#m
But the worst does not the body count
Em
A
Nor battles lost and won
F#m
Em
A
D
It's in the hearts of those who fail
Bm
D
Em
A
D
to feel the real an d the true
F#m
Desert storms, call to arms,
Em
A
D
call it what you will
F#m
One nation out from under
Em
God with justice standing still
F#m
Em
A
F#m
Nixon now, like father and like son
A
D
Bm
D
One step's a side, one step's right in to carry
Em
A
D
Bm
D
Em
A
D
on the dam age done
F#m
Playing with war toys turns
Em
A
into a full -time occupation
D
I guess the less said the bet
F#m
Em
ter about a kinder generation
A
D
F#m
Cause once you've tasted power and blood,
Em
A
F#m
it's easier to aim your gun
A
D
Bm
Then fire away and walk away
D
Em
A
D
from the den of the truth
F#m
Em
Oil rigs elections and oil
A
D
stains our hands
Soon we'll have a mighty pipeline
F#m
Em
flowin' across
Afghanistan
A
D
F#m
One day in hell, two towers fell
Em
A
F#m
What's lost can never be won
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D
Bm
D
By war on war, adding terror to the
Em
A
D
Bm
D
Em
A
dam age done
You
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