Chords for "Silent War" by Five Times August (Live on The Highwire with Del Bigtree)

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Here we go. _ _
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_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
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_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
♪ Somebody's selling [A] a new _ [B] religion [E] ♪
♪ _ Somebody's selling [A] a lie [C#m] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ ♪
♪ Saw [A] the stripes [B] and division [E] ♪
♪ It's driving us out of [C#m] our mind ♪
[B] _ _
[G#m] ♪ Telling the world not [C#m] to trust their own eyes [G#m] ♪
♪ Telling the people [C#m] they're wrong ♪
[G#m] ♪ Keeping the truth for [C#m] their power and gain ♪
[B] ♪ Taking _ _ [E] whatever we've got ♪ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E]
♪ Some of you eat [A] all the lies you've [B] been fed [E] ♪
♪ Some of you just [A] go along ♪
[B] _ _ [E]
♪ Training _ acceptance [A] inside of [B] your [E] head ♪
♪ To give them whatever _ [A] they want [B] _ _ [E]
[G#m] ♪
♪ Leaving your brothers [C#m] and sisters behind ♪
[G#m] ♪ You're told it's the best thing [C#m] to do ♪
♪ [G#m] _ Shutting out friends ♪
♪ Cause [C#m] you're told that's what's right ♪
♪ Now [A] they win [B] because all of [E] us lose _ _ _ _
[A] _ [C#m] _ _ [B] ♪
♪ And [G#m] it's so _ _ _
[C#m] sad _ _ _ _
[G#m] watching these times as [C#m] they pass ♪
♪ As they change _ _ and [G#m] it's so _ _ _
[C#m] _ bad _ _ [G#m] ♪
♪ The battle's been violent [C#m] and _ strange ♪
♪ As [A] they lock us in doors [C#m] in [B] a prison of this silent [E] war ♪ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C#m] _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] ♪ Someone is [F#] trying [A] to sell you the [B] cure _
[E] _ _ _ _ _
[A] ♪
♪ _ [B] _ [E]
And they'll try to convince you [A] and make you [B] feel sure [E]
♪
♪ But hey, there ain't no [A] guarantees [C#m] [B] ♪ _
[G#m] ♪ They covered your mouth and [C#m] they tied back your hands ♪
♪ [G#m] They did it to all of [C#m] the kids ♪
♪ [G#m] And nobody _ knows all the [C#m] damage that's done [A] ♪
♪ And they don't [E] ask to [B] the [E] master permit ♪ _ _ _
[A] _ [C#m] _ _ [B] ♪ [E] And [G#m] it's so _ _ _
[C#m] sad _ _ _ _
[G#m] watching these times as [C#m] they change ♪
♪ And [G#m] it's so _ _ _
[C#m] bad _ _ _ [G#m] the battle's been violent [C#m] and strange ♪
♪ We all [A] shout behind walls [B] in a prison of this silent war ♪
[E] ♪ So _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m]
take back [B] your freedom [A] and fight for your life [C#m] ♪
♪ Stand up [B] [E] before it's [A] all _ [E] gone ♪
♪ [C#m]
Take back your [B] freedom [A] and fight for your life [C#m] ♪
♪ Stand [B] up before [A] it's _
[E] _ all _ _ _ gone _ ♪ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [B] _ ♪ [G#m] Cause it's so _ _ _ _ [C#m]
sad _ _ _ [G#m] watching these times as [C#m] they _ change ♪
♪ And [G#m] it's so _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
bad _ _ [G#m] the battle's been violent [C#m] and strange ♪
♪ We [A] can't let them take [E] more ♪
♪ We [B] can't let them win this silent [E] war _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _
♪
♪ Cause it's so bad the battle's been violent and strange ♪
♪ We can't [A] let them [C#m] [B] take more
♪ We can't let them win this [E] silent war ♪ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [N] _ _ _ _ _