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Intro: (spoken)
x-> Riff A starts here (x2) [w/Riff 
B the 2nd time, G2]
"What we've got here is failure to communicate..."
1st verse:
Em G
Look at your young men fighting, look at your women crying
Em G - D/F# -
Look at your young men dying, the way they've always done before
G1: Riff C
G2: Riff B
2nd verse:
Em G
Look at the hate we're breeding, look at the fear we're feeding
Em G - D/F# -
Look at the lives we're leading, the way we've always done before
[A]>let ring (x2)
Pre-chorus:
E5 G ( D/F#* )
My hands are tied, the billions shift from side to side
E5 G - D* -
And the wars go on with brainwashed pride, for the love of God and our human rights
E5 G ( D/F#* )
And all these things are swept aside, by bloody hands time can't deny
E5 G - D -
And are washed away by your genocide, and history hides the lies of our civil wars
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------5--------4~~-------4--------5~~-------5--------7~~-|
G|--2---------2--------4~~-------4--------5~~-------5--------7~~-|
D|--2------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0---0--0-----0--0------0--0-----0--0------0--0-----0--0------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
1st solo: (w/Wah)
Main Fig, Fig.1
Main Fig, Fig.2
Main Fig, Fig.3
Main Fig, Fig.4
Bridge :
G - Bm -
D'you wear a black armband when they shot the man
Em
Who said "Peace could last forever"
G - Bm -
And in my first memories they shot Kennedy
Em - C -- D --
I went numb when I learned to see
G - Bm -
So I never fell for Vietnam
Em
We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all
G - Bm -
That you can't trust freedom when it's not in your hands
Em - C -- D --
When everybody's fightin' for their promised land and
Chorus:
G - Bm - Em
I don't need your civil war
G - Bm - Em - C -- D --
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
G - Bm - Em
You're power hungry sellin' soldier in a human grocery store (ain't that fresh?)
G - Bm - Em - C -- D --
I don't need your civil war
2nd Solo: (w/Wah)
G5 - B5 - E5
E|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-------15-----------------------|----------------------------/15\--|
G|--14b(16)-14r-p12--14~~~--12-14-|-(16)r14-p12----------------------|
d|--------------------------------|-------------14-14~~~-------------|
A|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G5 - B5 - E5 - C5 -- D5 --
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
B|------3----------------3--------|-----3/5-5~--3-5p3\1--3-1-3p1p0---0-8b(10)-|
G|-2b(4)--2p0-2~~--0-2/4---4\2p0--|-2p0----------------------------0----------|
d|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G5 - B5 - E5
E|---------5--------------------8b(10)-|-r8-8-7-7h8p7-------7---7-7---|
B|--8r~~~--7-7b(8)r7~--7p5---5---------|---------------10-8---8-------|
G|-------------------------7-----------|---------------------------9\-|
d|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
G5 - B5 -
E|-----------------------------------------------12-------|
B|-------------15--------------15-15b(16)-15b(17)---15-12-|
G|--14b(16)16----r14-12-14/16-----------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
E5 - C5 -- D5 --
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14b(15)r(14)p12---------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------14-14~~-12---------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------14\12p10-12--10-12b(14)-12-10-------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------12-10-|
3rd verse:
Em G
Look at the shoes you're filling, look at the blood we're spilling
Em G - D/F# -
Look at the world we're killing, the way we've always done before
4th verse:
Em G
Look in the doubt we've wallowed, look at the leaders we've followed
Em G - D/F# -
Look at the lies we've swallowed, and I don't want to hear no more
[A]>let ring (x2)
Pre-chorus:
E5 G ( D/F#* )
My hands are tied, for all I've seen has changed my mind
E5 G - D* -
But still the wars go on and the years go by, with no love of God or human rights
E5 G ( D/F#* )
Cause all these dreams are swept aside, by bloody hands of the hypnotized
E5 G - D -
Who carry the cross of homicide, and history bears the scars of our civil wars
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------5--------4~~-------4--------5~~-------5--------7~~-|
G|--2---------2--------4~~-------4--------5~~-------5--------7~~-|
D|--2------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0---0--0-----0--0------0--0-----0--0------0--0-----0--0------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
3rd solo: (w/Wah)
Main Fig, Fig. 1
Main Fig, Fig. 2
Main Fig, Fig. 3
Main Fig, Fig. 4
(Fig. 1-4 are slighty different, but it doesn't matter)
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--2------------4--------------5--------------7-|
d|--2------------4--------------5--------------7-|
A|--0--0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0---|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------5----------------|
G|--------7------10--------10------5--------5-5--0--|
d|--------7------10--------10---------------5-5--0--|
A|--0-0-0----0-0-----0-0-0-----0-0----0-0-0---3----|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
G - Bm - Em
I don't need your civil war
G - Bm - Em - C -- D --
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
G - Bm - Em
You're power hungry sellin' soldier in a human grocery store (ain't that fresh?)
G - Bm - Em - C -- D --
I don't need your civil war, no no no...
G - Bm - Em
I don't need your civil war
G - Bm - Em - C -- D --
I don't need your civil war
G - Bm - Em
You're power hungry sellin' soldier in a human grocery store (ain't that fresh?)
G - Bm - Em - C -- D --
I don't need your civil war, no no no...
G - Bm - Em - C -- D --
I don't need one more war____
Solo:
[G-Bm][Em]
[G-Bm][Em-C--D--]
G - Bm - Em - C -- D -- G>let ring
I don't need one more war, no no no no no no no
Outro: w/wha
e|---------------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------------|---------------------|
G|-----7/9\7--4---4----------|-------7/9-----------| x4
D|--5----------------7/9\7\5-|------------7/9\7\5--|
A|-----5/7\5--2---2----------|-------5/7-----------|
E|--3----------------5/7\5\3-|p0----------5/7\5\3--|
Whaz so civil 'bout war anyway?
Riff A:
Em G
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|---------0--------------0----------|---------0---------------0---------|
D|-----2-----2---2-----2----2------0-|-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-----0-|
A|-------2-----2-----2---2----0h2----|-------2-----2-----2---2-----0h2---|
E|-0---------------0-----------------|-3---------------3-----------------|
Em G - D/F# -
e|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|---------0--------------0----------|---------0-----------------2-0---2-|
D|-----2-----2---2-----2----2------0-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-------2---|
A|-------2-----2-----2---2----0h2----|-------2-----0h2-----0---0---------|
E|-0---------------0-----------------|-3-----------------2---------------|
Riff B:
Em G Em G - D/F# -
e|-12~---10~--------|-------|-12~---10~--------|----------------------|----|
B|------------10-11-|-12~~--|------------10-11-|-12~~------10\--8\-7\-|-5~-|
G|------------------|-------|------------------|----------------------|----|
D|------------------|-------|------------------|----------------------|----|
A|------------------|-------|------------------|----------------------|----|
E|------------------|-------|------------------|----------------------|----|
Riff C:
Em G
e|---------0---------------0-------|-----------0---------------------0-|
B|-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---0-|------3------3---3-----3-------3---|
G|---4---4-----4-----4---4-----4---|----4---4------4-----4-------0-----|
D|-5---------------5---------------|-5-----------------5-----5-4-------|
A|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Em G - D/F# -
e|---------0---------------0-------|-----------0---------------0-------|
B|-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---0-|-----3-------3---3-----3-----3-----|
G|---4---4-----4-----4---4-----4---|---4---4-------4-----2---0---------|
D|-5---------------5---------------|-5-----------------4-----------4\2-|
A|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D/F#* :
A|---------|
E|-3-2b4r2-|
D* :
A|-2-5-4-|
E|-0-3-2-|
Main Fig:
E5
e|-------0--------0---3~--0--------0----|
B|---------0-3b(4)--0-3~----0-3b(5)--0--|
G|--2b(4)-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Fig.1 : Fig.2 : Fig.3 : Fig.4 :
G G - D - G
e|-----------------| e|-----------------------| e|-3~~-1-2-3-4-5-/--12\-| e|-----------|
B|--8~~------/15\--| B|-8~~-8-7h8p7-----------| B|-3~~-1-2-3-4-5-/--12\-| B|--8~~--7~--|
G|--7~~------/14\--| G|-7~~--------9-7---7-7~-| G|----------------------| G|--7~~--7~--|
D|-----------------| D|----------------7------| D|----------------------| D|-----------|
A|-----------------| A|-----------------------| A|----------------------| A|-----------|
E|-----------------| E|-----------------------| E|----------------------| E|-----------|
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