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War Isn't Murder by Jesse Welles
War Isn't Murder
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:3rd fret
[Intro]
C C C C
[Verse]
C
War isn't murder
Good men don't die
Children don't starve and all the women survive
Am
War isn't murder
That's what they say
When you're fighting the Devil
Murder's okay
G
War isn't murder
G7
They're called casualties
There ain't a veteran
G
With a good night's sleep
[Chorus]
N.C. F
Let's talk about dead people
F7
I mean a dead people
F C
The dead don't feel honor
A
E ---------
B ---------
G ---------
D ---------
A -3-2-0---
E -------5-
A
They don't feel that brave
They don't feel avenged
G
They're lucky if they got gravеs
C
Call your dead mother
Am
Ask her whеn she died
D7 G
It's a deathly silence on the other line
F
The dead don't talk
Fm
But their children don't forget
C
So in 20 short years
You can
A7 A
E ------------
B ------------
G ------------
D -------2----
A -3-2-0------
E ----------5-
A7 A
live to regret that
[Verse]
C
War isn't murder
There's money at stake
Hell, even Kushner agrees
It's good real estate
Am
War isn't murder
Ask Netanyahu
He's got a psalm for that
He's got a bomb for you
G
War isn't murder
G7
It's an old desert faith
G
It's a nation state sanctioned righteous hate
[Chorus]
N.C. F
Let's talk about dead people
F7
I mean a dead people
C
War isn't murder
It's the
A7
E ---------
B ---------
G ---------
D ---------
A -3-2-0---
E -------5-
A7
Vengeance of God
D7
If you can't see the bodies
G
They don't bloat when they rot
C
And the flies don't swarm
Am
And the children don't cry
D7
If war isn't murder
G
Good men don't die
F
So in a short 20 years
Fm
Where you vacation the Strip
C
Try not and think about the dead
A
E ---------
B ---------
G ---------
D ---------
A -3-2-0---
E -------5-
D G C C C C
And have a nice trip
[Verse]
C
War isn't murder
Let's all give thanks
I saw it all in a movie
N.C.
Give it up for Tom Hanks
Am
War isn't murder
They don't ship out the poor
And the bullets they fire
Ain't part of the cure
G
War isn't murder
Land is a right
N.C.
But the banks called dibs
It's something you can't fight
[Chorus]
N.C. F
Let's talk about dead people
F7
I mean a dead people
F C
The dead don't feel honor
A
E ---------
B ---------
G ---------
D ---------
A -3-2-0---
E -------5-
A
They don't feel that brave
D
They don't feel avenged
G
They're lucky if they got graves
C
Call your dead mother
Am
Ask her when she died
D G
It's a deathly silence on the other line
F
The dead don't talk
Fm
But their children don't forget
C
So in 20 short years
You can
A7 A
E ------------
B ------------
G ------------
D -------2----
A -3-2-0------
E ----------5-
A7 A
live to regret that
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:3rd fret
Welles plays a standard Travis picking pattern most of the song.
Something like this.
C/G
e|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------1----------|----------------1----------|
G|----------0-----------0----|----------0-----------0----|
D|-------2-----------2-------|-------2-----------2-------|
A|--3------------------------|--3------------------------|
E|-------------3-------------|-------------3-------------|
Am/E
e|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------1----------|----------------1----------|
G|----------2-----------2----|----------2-----------2----|
D|-------2-----------2-------|-------2-----------2-------|
A|--0------------------------|--0------------------------|
E|-------------0-------------|-------------0-------------|
G G7
e|---------------------------|----------------1----------|
B|----------------0----------|---------------------------|
G|----------0-----------0----|----------0-----------0----|
D|-------0-----------2-------|-------2-----------2-------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|--3----------3-------------|--3----------3-------------|
F F7
e|------------------(0)------|---------------------------|
B|----------1-----1----------|----------------4----------|
G|-------2--------------2----|-------2--------------2----|
D|--3----------------3-------|--3----------------3-------|
A|-------------3-------------|-------------3-------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
[Intro]
C/G
C/G
C/G
C/G
[Verse 1]
C/G
War isn't murder
Good men don't die
Children don't starve and all the women survive
Am/E
War isn't murder
That's what they say
When you're fighting the Devil
Murder's okay
War isn't murder
G G7
They're called casualties
There ain't a veteran
With a good night's sleep
[Chorus]
N.C. F
Let's talk about dead people
F7
I mean a dead people
C
The dead don't feel honor
A7
e|----------|
B|--------2-|
G|--------0-|
D|--------2-|
A|--3-2-1-0-|
E|----------|
A7
They don't feel that brave
D7
They don't feel avenged
G
They're lucky if they got graves
(G/B) C
Call your dead mother
A7
Ask her when she died
D7 G
It's a deathly silence on the other line
F
The dead don't talk
Fm
But their children don't forget
C
So in 20 short years
A7
e|-------------|
B|--------2----|
G|--------0----|
D|--------2----|
A|--3-2-1-0----|
E|----------0--|
A7
You can live to regret that
[Verse]
C/G
War isn't murder
There's money at stake
Hell, even Kushner agrees
It's good real estate
Am/E
War isn't murder
Ask Netanyahu
He's got a psalm for that
He's got a bomb for you
G
War isn't murder
G7
It's an old desert faith
It's a nation state sanctioned righteous hate
[Chorus]
N.C. F
Let's talk about dead people
F7
I mean a dead people
C
War isn't murder
A7
e|----------|
B|--------2-|
G|--------0-|
D|--------2-|
A|--3-2-1-0-|
E|----------|
A7
It's the vengeance of God
D7
If you can't see the bodies
G
They don't bloat when they rot
G/B C
And the flies don't swarm
A7
And the children don't cry
D7
If war isn't murder
G
Good men don't die
F
So in a short 20 years
Fm
Where you vacation the Strip
C
Try not and think about the dead
A7
e|----------|
B|--------2-|
G|--------0-|
D|--------2-|
A|--3-2-1-0-|
E|----------|
A7 D7 G C
And have a nice trip
[Verse]
C/G
War isn't murder
Let's all give thanks
I saw it all in a movie
N.C.
Give it up for Tom Hanks
Am
War isn't murder
They don't ship out the poor
And the bullets they fire
Ain't part of the cure
G
War isn't murder
G7
Land is a right
N.C.
But the banks called dibs
It's something you can't fight
F
Let's talk about dead people
F7
I mean a dead people
C
The dead don't feel honor
A7
e|----------|
B|--------2-|
G|--------0-|
D|--------2-|
A|--3-2-1-0-|
E|----------|
A7
They don't feel that brave
D7
They don't feel avenged
G
They're lucky if they got graves
G/B C
Call your dead mother
A7
Ask her when she died
D7 G
It's a deathly silence on the other line
F
The dead don't talk
Fm
But their children don't forget
C
So in 20 short years
A7
e|-------------|
B|--------2----|
G|--------0----|
D|--------2----|
A|--3-2-1-0----|
E|----------0--|
A7
You can live to regret that
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