Chords for Guns N' Roses - "Civil War"- Bass Cover

Tempo:
70.275 bpm
Chords used:

G

E

D

Em

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Guns N' Roses - "Civil War"- Bass Cover chords
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What we've got here is [Em] failure to communicate.
[G] Some men you just can't reach.
[Em] So you get what we had here last week, [G] which is the way he [D] wants.
Well, he [Em] gets, [G] I don't like, any more than you do.
[Em]
[G] [D] [E] Look at your young men fighting.
[G] Look at your women crying.
[E] Look at your young men dying.
[G] Yeah, [D] they've always done [Em] before.
[G] [E]
[G] [D] [Em] Look at [E] the hate we're breeding.
[G] Look at the fear we're feeding.
[E] Look at the lives we're leading.
[G] [D] We've always done [A] before.
[E] My hands are tied.
[G] Billions here for trial.
[E]
We bring [G] what we know to life.
[F#] [E] And all these things are swept [G] aside.
But bloody hands washed [F#] [E]
away by a kid [G] in the night.
And history [F#m] has [A] lost its hold.
[E]
[G] [F#] [E]
[G] [D] [E]
[G] [E]
[G] [D] [G] For years I've been when they shot [Em] the man who said peace could last forever.
[G] And in my first memories [Bm] they shot Kennedy.
[E] I went [C] numb when I [D] heard him say, [G] so I never [Bm] fell for Vietnam.
[E] Because it's walloped to see, to [G] remind us all that you can't [Bm] trust freedom when it's not in your [E] hands.
When everybody's [D] [G] slaved, I [B] don't [E] know who
[G] [B] needs the reeds.
[E] [C] [D]
[G] [B] [E] You can throw this door, keep that [G] dream.
[B] I don't need your [E] fear.
[C] [D]
[G] [Bm] [E]
[G] [B] [E] [C] [D]
[G] [B] [E]
[G] Look [B] [E] [C]
[D] [E] at the shields you're [G] feeling.
Look at the blood we're spilling.
[Em] Look at [E] the world we're killing.
[G] Yeah, they've [D] always done before.
[Em] Look [E] at the jobs we follow.
[G] Look at the leaders we [Em] follow.
Look at the lives we swallow.
[G] I [D] don't want to care no [A] more.
[E] [G] Oh, I'm seeing a change.
[E] My mind is still the one doing [G]
[D] [E] right.
And all these dreams are swept [G]
[F#] aside.
I'm seeing a [E] change.
My mind is [G] still the one doing right.
And all these [D] dreams are [A]
[E] [G]
[E] [G]
[F#] [D] [E] [G]
[D] [E] [G]
[D] [A]
[G]
[B] [E] [G] swept aside.
[B] Oh, [E] [C] [D] [G]
[B] you [E] can throw this door, keep that [G] dream.
[Bm] I don't need your [E] fear.
[C] [D] [G]
I [Bm] don't need your fear.
[E] Oh, [G]
[Bm] [E] you [C] [D] [G]
[B] [E] can throw this door, [G] keep that dream.
[B] I don't need [Em] your civil war.
[D] [G]
[Bm] Don't need your [E] civil [G]
[Bm] [E] [C] [D] [G] [Bm]
[E] [G] [Bm] war.
[Em] Civil [C] [D] [G] war.
[Em] What's [A] [G]
so civil about war and the world?
[C#m]
Key:  
G
2131
E
2311
D
1321
Em
121
Bm
13421112
G
2131
E
2311
D
1321
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To start learning Guns N Roses - Civil War chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: E, G, B, G, D, G and Bm. Kick off your practice at a gentle 35 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 70 BPM. Given the song's key of E Minor, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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_ What we've got here is [Em] failure to communicate.
[G] Some men you just can't reach.
[Em] So you get what we had here last week, [G] which is the way he [D] wants.
Well, he [Em] gets, _ _ [G] I don't like, any more than you do.
[Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] Look at your young men fighting.
[G] Look at your women crying.
[E] Look at your young men dying.
[G] Yeah, [D] they've always done [Em] before. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] Look at [E] the hate we're breeding.
[G] Look at the fear we're feeding.
[E] Look at the lives we're leading.
[G] _ [D] We've always done [A] before. _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] My hands are tied.
_ _ [G] Billions here for trial.
[E] _ _
We bring [G] what we know to life.
[F#] _ [E] And all these things are swept [G] aside.
But bloody hands washed [F#] _ [E]
away by a kid [G] in the night.
And history [F#m] has [A] lost its hold.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] For years I've been when they shot [Em] the man who said peace could last forever.
[G] And in my first memories [Bm] they shot Kennedy.
[E] I went [C] numb when I [D] heard him say, [G] so I never [Bm] fell for Vietnam.
[E] Because it's walloped to see, to [G] remind us all that you can't [Bm] trust freedom when it's not in your [E] hands.
When everybody's [D] [G] slaved, I [B] don't [E] know who _
[G] _ [B] needs the reeds.
[E] _ _ [C] _ [D] _
[G] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] You can throw this door, keep that [G] dream.
[B] I don't need your [E] fear.
_ [C] _ [D] _
[G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [G] Look [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _
[D] _ [E] at the shields you're [G] feeling.
Look at the blood we're spilling.
[Em] Look at [E] the world we're killing.
[G] Yeah, they've [D] always done before.
[Em] Look [E] at the jobs we follow.
[G] Look at the leaders we [Em] follow.
Look at the lives we swallow.
[G] I [D] don't want to care no [A] more. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] Oh, I'm seeing a change.
[E] My mind is still the one doing _ [G] _ _
[D] _ [E] right.
And all these dreams are swept [G] _ _
[F#] aside.
I'm seeing a [E] change.
My mind is [G] still the one doing right.
And all these [D] dreams are _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F#] _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] swept aside.
[B] Oh, _ [E] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _
_ [B] you [E] can throw this door, keep that [G] dream.
[Bm] I don't need your [E] fear.
_ [C] _ [D] _ [G]
I [Bm] don't need your fear.
[E] Oh, _ _ [G] _
[Bm] _ _ [E] you _ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _
[B] _ _ [E] _ can throw this door, [G] keep that dream.
[B] I don't need [Em] your civil war.
_ [D] _ [G] _
[Bm] Don't need your [E] civil _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Bm] war.
_ [Em] Civil [C] _ [D] _ [G] war. _
_ _ [Em] What's _ [A] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ so civil about war and the world?
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _

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