Chords for Smoke or Fire: Honey I Was Right About The War
Tempo:
125.85 bpm
Chords used:
C
D
G
Em
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
[C] [D]
[G] Eight years ago on a summer [Em] night on the streets of LA, it was our first [C] fight.
Turned out to be the first of [D] many more.
[G] The country was all in uprise.
[Em] Who to blame and who to fight [C] and who to kill and [D] bomb to [G] settle the score.
You said, my love, in times like [Em] these, you don't dare question the precedent.
[C] And I raised my voice to the girl I [D] most adore.
I [G] said, I know it's hard for you to see, [Em] but I will not blindly follow one who blindly [C] leaves.
[D] No matter what [G] the cause.
Three thousand dead in [Em] NYC and now three thousand more across the sea.
[C] No one can tell me [D] what for.
[G] And I'm not one to say I told you so.
[Em] But time has passed and now we [C] know.
Honey, I [D] was right [G] about the war.
The [Em] rich man's chess game is called the [C] war and the pawns they use are named the [D] poor.
No one ever [A] wins.
[G] Not safe or shame on [Em] anyone who orders young [E] men to shoot a gun.
But [C] these gods you are killing die so [D] easily for.
[G]
My dear, the end is coming soon, [Em] not for the earth, just me and you.
[C] And every other [D] soul who [G] shares the world.
Kill [C] a million [D] men, but ideas will [G] still endure.
[C]
People would [D] not let you shoot [G] for sport.
[C] God damn it, I [D] was right [G] about the war.
[N]
[C] [D]
[G] Eight years ago on a summer [Em] night on the streets of LA, it was our first [C] fight.
Turned out to be the first of [D] many more.
[G] The country was all in uprise.
[Em] Who to blame and who to fight [C] and who to kill and [D] bomb to [G] settle the score.
You said, my love, in times like [Em] these, you don't dare question the precedent.
[C] And I raised my voice to the girl I [D] most adore.
I [G] said, I know it's hard for you to see, [Em] but I will not blindly follow one who blindly [C] leaves.
[D] No matter what [G] the cause.
Three thousand dead in [Em] NYC and now three thousand more across the sea.
[C] No one can tell me [D] what for.
[G] And I'm not one to say I told you so.
[Em] But time has passed and now we [C] know.
Honey, I [D] was right [G] about the war.
The [Em] rich man's chess game is called the [C] war and the pawns they use are named the [D] poor.
No one ever [A] wins.
[G] Not safe or shame on [Em] anyone who orders young [E] men to shoot a gun.
But [C] these gods you are killing die so [D] easily for.
[G]
My dear, the end is coming soon, [Em] not for the earth, just me and you.
[C] And every other [D] soul who [G] shares the world.
Kill [C] a million [D] men, but ideas will [G] still endure.
[C]
People would [D] not let you shoot [G] for sport.
[C] God damn it, I [D] was right [G] about the war.
[N]
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_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] Eight years ago on a summer [Em] night on the streets of LA, it was our first [C] fight.
Turned out to be the first of [D] many more. _
_ _ [G] The country was all in uprise.
[Em] Who to blame and who to fight [C] and who to kill and [D] bomb to [G] settle the score.
_ _ You said, my love, in times like [Em] these, you don't dare question the precedent.
[C] And I raised my voice to the girl I [D] most adore.
I _ [G] said, I know it's hard for you to see, [Em] but I will not blindly follow one who blindly [C] leaves.
_ [D] No matter what [G] the cause. _
_ Three thousand dead in [Em] NYC and now three thousand more across the sea.
[C] No one can tell me [D] what for.
_ _ [G] And I'm not one to say I told you so.
[Em] But time has passed and now we [C] know.
Honey, I [D] was right [G] about the war.
The [Em] _ rich man's chess game is called the [C] war and the pawns they use are named the [D] poor.
_ _ No one ever [A] wins. _
_ [G] Not safe or shame on [Em] anyone who orders young [E] men to shoot a gun.
But [C] these gods you are killing die so [D] easily for.
_ _ _ [G]
My dear, the end is coming soon, [Em] not for the earth, just me and you.
[C] And every other [D] soul who [G] shares the world.
_ Kill [C] a million [D] men, but ideas will [G] still endure.
_ _ _ [C]
People would [D] not let you shoot [G] for sport. _
_ [C] God damn it, I [D] was right [G] about the war. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] Eight years ago on a summer [Em] night on the streets of LA, it was our first [C] fight.
Turned out to be the first of [D] many more. _
_ _ [G] The country was all in uprise.
[Em] Who to blame and who to fight [C] and who to kill and [D] bomb to [G] settle the score.
_ _ You said, my love, in times like [Em] these, you don't dare question the precedent.
[C] And I raised my voice to the girl I [D] most adore.
I _ [G] said, I know it's hard for you to see, [Em] but I will not blindly follow one who blindly [C] leaves.
_ [D] No matter what [G] the cause. _
_ Three thousand dead in [Em] NYC and now three thousand more across the sea.
[C] No one can tell me [D] what for.
_ _ [G] And I'm not one to say I told you so.
[Em] But time has passed and now we [C] know.
Honey, I [D] was right [G] about the war.
The [Em] _ rich man's chess game is called the [C] war and the pawns they use are named the [D] poor.
_ _ No one ever [A] wins. _
_ [G] Not safe or shame on [Em] anyone who orders young [E] men to shoot a gun.
But [C] these gods you are killing die so [D] easily for.
_ _ _ [G]
My dear, the end is coming soon, [Em] not for the earth, just me and you.
[C] And every other [D] soul who [G] shares the world.
_ Kill [C] a million [D] men, but ideas will [G] still endure.
_ _ _ [C]
People would [D] not let you shoot [G] for sport. _
_ [C] God damn it, I [D] was right [G] about the war. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _