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This War Is Over by Melissa Etheridge
This War Is Over
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 3rd fret
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|----------2------|
A|---2-/-7-2---4-2-|
E|-0---------------|2x from capo
E Esus4 E
Take off my shield
E Esus4 E
Carry my sword
Esus4 E A E
I won''t need it anymore
E Esus4 E
Find me a sky
Esus4 E
and give me my wings
Esus4 A E
Frozen and broken but free
E Asus4 A
Tell them I''m all right
E
I''m coming home
Asus4 A
Tell them I''m all right
E
I am alone
A
This war is over
E
I''m coming home
E Esus4 E
Take off my shame
Esus4 E
Bury it low
Esus4 E A E
I won''t need it anymore
E Esus4 E
Find me the sun
Esus4 E
Give me it whole
E Esus4 A E
Melt all the chains in my soul
E Asus4 A
Tell them I''m all right
E
I''m coming home
Asus4 A
Tell them I''m all right
E
I am alone
A
This war is over
E
I''m coming home
E Esus4 E E Esus4 E E Esus4 E A E E A E E A E A E
E Esus4 E
Take off my pain
Esus4 E
Carry me slow
Esus4 E A E
I won''t fight here anymore
E Asus4 A
Tell them I''m all right
E
I''m coming home
Asus4 A
Tell them I''m all right
E
I am alone
A
This war is over
E
I''m coming home . . . .
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version 2
[Intro] :
<----------------------bassline1----------------------->
// * | * * \\\\
A --------||.------/5--/-10-------(10\\)|-----/5--/-10----\\7~~-\\5~~\\--.||
E --3/5\\3-||.--3-\\-------------(13)----|(3\\)-------------------------.||
\\\\ | //
[repeat bassline1 three more times]
G G G G
Take off my shield carry my sword I won''t need it any more
<---bassline1----> <--bassline1--> <-----bassline1----> <-bassline1->
G G G G
Find me a sky & give me my wings frozen & broken, but free
<--bassline1--> <---bassline1---> <-----bassline1----> <-bassline1->
[Chorus]:
C G
Tell them I''m all right I''m coming home
<--bassline2--> <--bassline1->
C G
Tell them I''m all right I am alone
<--bassline2--> <--bassline1->
Am C G
This war is o-ve-r--. I''m coming home
bass: E-----8-7--5-/15-- <--bassline1-->
G G G G
Take off my shame bury it low I won''t need it any more
Find me the Sun & give me it whole melt all the chains in my soul
[Chorus]
[Break]:
e -----------------------------------------------------------------|
B -15--13--12--12----15--13--12--12----15--13--12-----13--12--12---|
G ------------------------------------------------14---------------|
e --------------13--------------12--(12h)13--12--------------------|
B --12--13--15-----------------------------------15--12------------|
G -----------------------------------------------------------------|
e --------------13-----(13h)15--12--(12h)13--12--------------------|
B --12--13--15-----------------------------------15--12------------|
G -----------------------------------------------------------------|
e ------------up---down---------------------------------|
B -----------12-(13)-12---------------------------------|
G ----------------------12------------------------------|
D ----------------------------14----12----(12h14p12)12--|
A ------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------|
Take off...
(acapella)
Take off my pain carry me slow I won''t fight here any more
[Chorus]
[Ad lib guitar over bassline 3 to fade]
// bassline 3 :
A -||.------------------------------------|
E -||.-3--3--3--3--/10------10--12--10-\\--|
\\\\
\\\\
A --------------------------10--12--10-\\--.||
E ----3--3--3--3--/10---------------------.||
//
& occasionally: ... A -----12--10--------|
E -------------12-\\--|
EADGBe
320003 - G
X32010 - C
X02210 - Am
/ is a slide up
\\ is a slide down
* is don''t pick the note, just slide up/down to it
h is a hammer on
p is a pull off
~~ is finger vibrato
up down
B-12-(13)-12- is pick at the 12th fret, bend the b upto c then back down
bassline2 (first half of first two lines of chorus) is :
// | \\\\
D -||-------------*-------------|----------5p0----------------||
A -||:------/5--/-7~~\\----------|----------------\\7~~-\\5~~\\--:||
E -||---3-\\---------------------|-----------------------------||
\\\\ | //
d c b b d c b b d c b b a b g
Take off my shield carry my sword I won''t need it any more
Take off my shield
Carry my sword
I won''t need it anymore
Find me a sky
Give me my wings
Frozen and broken but free
Tell them I''m all right
I''m coming home
Tell them I''m all right
I am alone
This war is over
I''m coming home
Take off my shame
Bury it low
I won''t need it anymore
Find me the sun
Give me it whole
Melt all the chains in my soul
Tell them I''m all right
I''m coming home
Tell them I''m all right
I am alone
This war is over
I''m coming home
Take off my pain
Carry me slow
I won''t fight here anymore
Tell them I''m all right
I''m coming home
Tell them I''m all right
I am alone
This war is over
I''m coming home
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