Chords for Edwin Starr - War (Original Video - 1969)

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_ [Ab] _ [Gb] What is it [Ebm] good [Gb] for?
Absolutely [Eb] [Ab] nothing.
[Gb] _ _ [Eb] What [Gb] is [Eb] _ [Ab] _ [Gb] _ [Ebm] it good for?
Absolutely nothing.
[Ab] Say it [Gb] again, y'all.
[Eb] What [Gb] is [Eb] _
_ [B] _ [Gb] _ [Ebm] it good [Gbm] for?
[Ab] Absolutely nothing.
Listen [Gb] to me.
_ _ [Eb] _ [Ebm] I just smiled.
_ I said, Mr.
Johnson, I'm in [Db] a slur.
_ [Eb] War made a test.
And thousands [Ebm] of mothers laughed.
When their sons walked away.
And you said, I [Eb] said, what [Gb] good?
[Abm] Good God, y [Gb]'all.
What [Eb] is it good [Gb] for?
Absolutely nothing.
Say it again.
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ What is [Eb] it good for?
[Gb] Absolutely nothing.
Listen to me.
_ [Eb] It [Gb] ain't nothing but [Bb] a [Ab] heartbreak.
[Gb] _ _ [Eb] And [Gb] only to [Ab] the undertaker.
[Gb] _ _ [Eb] It's a little me to all men.
[Gbm] The [Ebm] _ war _
[Eb] blows, [Ebm] family.
[Ab] War [Ebm] is causing rest within the younger [Db] generation.
[Ebm] And the destruction, the destruction, who wants to die?
_ Oh, war.
[Gb] Good God.
[Eb] _ _ [Gb] What [Eb] is it good [Gb] for?
Absolutely nothing.
Say it, say it.
[Ebm] Say it.
War.
[Gb] Oh, yeah.
What [Ebm] is it good [Gb] for?
Absolutely nothing.
Listen to me.
_ [Eb] War.
[Gb] It ain't nothing but a heartbreak.
[Eb] War.
[Gb] Got one friend, that's the undertaker.
[Ebm] Oh, war.
And died a million men's grief.
Made him disabled, bitter and mean.
Life is but too short and precious.
His body won't be saved.
[Abm] [E] War [Ebm] can't give life.
It can only [Gb] take it away.
_ [Eb] _ [Gb] What is it good for?
Good [Eb] God, y [Ab]'all.
[Gb] What is [Eb] it good [Gb] for?
Absolutely nothing.
Say it again.
[Ebm] War.
[Gb] Oh, _ Lord.
What is [Eb] it good [Gb] for?
Absolutely nothing.
Listen to me.
[Eb] War.
[Gb] It ain't nothing but a heartbreak.
_ [Eb] War.
[Gb] Friend only, the undertaker.
Oh.
[Eb] _ _ People don't understand.
[Gb] You tell me.
It's [Ebm] not no place but a human being.
_ _ They say we must fight to keep our [Gb] freedom.
But Lord, know there [Eb] ought to be a better way.
_ _ War.
[Gb]
God, y'all.
_ [Ab] [Gb] What is [Ebm] it good [Gb] for?
You feel it.
Say it, say it, say it, say it.
War.
Good God, y'all.
What is it good for?
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