This Is Why We Fight Chords by The Decemberists

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[F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [D] Come _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [D] the war, [F#m] _
_ [A] _ come [D] the _ _ avarice, [A] _ _ [D] come the war, _ [F#m]
come [A] hell.
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [D] Come Trishan, [C#m] _
_ _ come [D] the regal [F#m]
bones, _ [A] _ [D] come Trishan, [F#m] come hell.
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[A] _ _ This is [E] why, why [F#m] we fight, why [D] we lie [A] awake.
_ This is [E] why, this is [D] why we fight.
_ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ When [E] we die, we [F#m] will die with [A] our arms unbound.
_ _ This is [E] why, this is [D] why we fight. _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [D] Ride of quiet, _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [D] ride of all unquiet [F#m] things, _ _ [D] ride of quiet, _ [F#m]
ride of hell.
_ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ Come [D] the _ [F#m] archers, _ _ come [D] the [A] infantry, _
[F#m] _ _ come [D] the archers [C#m]
of hell.
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ This is [E] why, why [F#m] we fight, why [D] we lie [A] awake.
_ _ This is [E] why, this is [D] why we fight. _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ When [E] we die, we [F#m] will die with [D] our arms unbound.
[A] _ _ This is [E] why, this is [D] why we fight. _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [C#m] This _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ is why, why [F#m] we fight, why [D] we lie [A] awake.
_ This is [B] why, this is [D] why we fight. _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ When [E] we die, we [F#m] will die with [D] our arms unbound. _
[A] _ _ This [E] is why, this is [D] why we fight. _ _ _ _
[A] _ So [E] come to me, come [F#m] to me now, [B] lay [D] your arms around [A] me.
This is [E] why, this is [D] why we _ fight.
_ _ [F#m]
Come [G#] hell, _ [A] _ _ _
[F#m] come hell, [G#] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F#m] come hell, [G#] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F#m] come hell.
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[Gm] My dog ran right through the field, and the cocks burned his toes.
I had to pick [G] him up, [Gm] until he didn't give birth. _
He proved every time he shooed, that he was a _ _ good dog.
A good dog [D] with a soft butt and claws.
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_ _ _ _ _ I [Gm] hate nothing more than seeing my dog win. _ _ _ _
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