Chords for Talking Heads perform "Life During Wartime" at the 2002 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

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_ I don't know about y'all, [Em] but we're going to be in a party tonight.
[Am] If y'all ready to party, get up on your feet, let's dance.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Heard _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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of a family _ loaded with weapons, packed up and ready to go.
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Heard of some grave sites out by the highway, _ a place where nobody _ knows.
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Sight of gunfire, off in the distance, I'm getting used to it now.
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Lived in a brown snow map, lived in a ghetto well, I've lived all over this town.
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This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
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This ain't no mud club or CBTV, I ain't got time for that now.
[Em] _ .
[Am] Spent the message to the receiver, _ hope for an answer someday.
I got three passports, I got a couple of visas, you don't even know about me.
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High on the hillside, trucks are loading, _ _ everything's ready to roll.
I [Bm] _ [Am].
sleep in the daytime, I work in the nighttime, well, I ain't never get [E] home.
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This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' [G] around.
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This ain't no mud club or CBTV, I ain't got time for that now.
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This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' _ around.
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I'd rather hold you and I'd rather kiss you, but I ain't got time for [Em] that now.
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Heard about Houston, [F] heard about [G] Detroit, heard about Pittsburgh, PA.
[Dm] _ _ [Am] _ .
_ I ain't got no peanut butter, _ but _ _ that's okay.
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[F] Ain't got no [G] groceries, [C] no [Am] peanut butter to last [Em] a couple of _ [C] days.
But I ain't got no speakers and I ain't got no headphones [Am] and I ain't got no records to play.
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[E] I stay in college, why go to that school?.
Don't know any different this _ time.
_ Hand me the letter, _ can't send no postcard.
I ain't got nothing at _ [D] _ [D#].
[E] all.
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' [D] around.
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[D#] _ [E] I'd love to hold you and I'd love to kiss you, but I ain't got time for that _ now.
[Am] Couple in transit, got through the roadblock.
We blended in with the crowd.
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_ We got computers, we're tapping phone lines.
I know that that ain't a [G] lot.
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_ We dress like students, well, we dress like housewives.
Or in a suit and a tie.
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_ I've changed my hairstyle so many times now.
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_ _ Ain't the shiver, I feel so tender.
We make a pretty good team.
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_ Don't get exhausted, well, I'll do some climbing.
_ You're gonna get to some sleep.
_ _ Burn all my notebooks, woo, I'll do my notebooks.
They won't help me survive.
_ _ My chest is aching and it burns like a furnace, well, the burning keeps me alive.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ The burning keeps me alive.
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