This War Sting
Intro: Em
You've [C]got the mouth of a she wolf
Inside the [Am]mask of an innocent lamb
You say your [Em]heart is all compassion
But there's just a [Dsus2/F#]flat line on your c[G]ardiogram
Yet you [Am]always made a profit baby[C]
If it was a famine or a feast[Em]
Yes, I'm the [C]soul of indiscretion,
I was [Am]cursed with x-ray vision,
I could [Em]see right through all the lies you told,
When you [Dsus2/F#]smiled for the telev[G]ision
And you can [Am]see the coming battle[C]
You pray the drums will never cease[Em]
And you may [Am]win this war that's coming[C]
But would you tolerate the peace?[Em]
OoHooHo[D]ooooHo[G]ooHo[C]ooo[Am]oo
In[D]vesting in munitions
And those [G]little cotton flags
Invest in [C]wooden caskets
In guns and [Am]body bags, guns and body bags[G] [Em]
Your [C]daddy was a businessman
And it [Am]always made good sense
You know the [Em]war can make you rich my friend
In [Dsus2/F#]dollars, pounds and [G]cents
In the [Am]temple that was Mammon's[C]
You were ordained the parish priest[Em]
Yes you ma[Am]y win this coming battle[C]
But could you tolerate the peace?[Em]
OoHooHo[D]ooooHo[G]ooHo[C]ooo[Am]oo
OoHooHo[D]ooooHo[G]ooHo[C]ooo[Am]oo
In[D]vest in deadly weapons
And those [G]little cotton flags
Invest in [C]wooden caskets
In guns and [Am]body bags
You're [D]invested in oppression
Investing [G]in corruption
Invest in every [C]tyranny
And the whole world's destruc[Am]tion [G] [Em]
I [G]imagine there's a [Em]future
When all the [G]earthly wars are [Em]over
You may [G]find yourself just [Em]standing there
On the [G]white cliffs of [Em]Dover
You may [G]ask, what does it [Em]profit a man
To gain the [G]whole world and suffer the [Em]loss of his soul?
Is that your [G]body you see on the [Em]rocks below
As the [G]tide begins to [Em]roll?
And you [Am]invested in this prison[C]
From which you never got released[Em]
You may have [Am]won this war we're fighting[C]
But would you tolerate the peace?[D] [G] [C] [Am]
OoHooHo[D]ooooHo[G]ooHo[C]ooo[Am]oo
There's a [D]war on our democracy
A wa[G]r on our dissent
There's a war inside re[C]ligion
And what J[C]esus might have meant
[D]There's a war on mother nature
A [G]war upon the seas
There's a war upon the[C] forests
On the b[C]irds and the bees
[D]There's a war on education
A [G]war on information
A war between the [C]sexes
And [C]every nation
A [D]war on our compassion
A war on understa[G]nding
A war on love and[C] life itself
It's war that they're dem[Am]anding[C] [Am] [C]
[G] [Em] [G] [Em]
Make it [G]easy on your[Em]self
And don't do [G]nothing[Em]
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C ....... -32010
D........ --0232
Dsus2/F#. 2-023-
G........ 230033
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