this one of the first songs I wrote, (a lot of lyrics), it's a bluesy rocksong
World War III
Intro:
E7 E E7 E je kunt ook power chords spelen op 7e (E) 3e (G) en 5e (D) positie
G D E7 E
refrein E7 E
There is a war going on
E7 E
Our world’s going down
G D
There’s a threat in the air
E7 E E7 E
I can feel it everywhere
G D
1)Between the rich and the poor
B Bb A
The old and the young
G A
The the sure and insecure
E7 E E7 E
The weak and the strong
G D
2)Between the black and the white
B Bb A
The healthy and sick
G A
The day and the night
E7 E E7 E
The skinny and thick
Tussenstukje:
B B G D E7 E E7
refrein E7 E
There is a war going on
E7 E
Our world’s going down
G D
There’s a threath in the air
E7 E E7 E
I can feel it everywhere
G D
3)Between the lovers,the haters
B Bb A
The short and the long
G A
The church and the state
E7 E E7 E
The dusk and the dawn
G D
4) between the noble the labour
B Bb A
the king and the queen
G A
the urban the global
E7 E E7 E
the man and machine
tussenstukje:
B B G D E7 E E7 E
Refrein
E7 E
there’s a war going on
E7 E
Our world is going down
G D
There s a threat the air
E7 E E7 E
I can feel it everywhere
G D
5)Between the givers, and the takers
B Bb A
The sun and the snow
G A
The builders, and the breakers
E7 E E7 E
The high and the low
G D
6)Between the speakers, the silent
B Bb A
The heath and the cold
G A
The wise and the dum
E7 E E7 E
The cowards and the bold
Tussenstukje:
B B G D E7 E E7 E
refrein
E7 E
there’s a war going on
E7 E
Our world is going down
G D
There s a threat in the air
E7 E E7 E
I can feel it everywhere
G D
7)Between the first and the last
B Bb A
The empty and full
G A
The soft and the hard
E7 E E7 E
The captivating and the dull
G D
8) Between the happy the sad
B Bb A
the visionairs, the blind
G A
the good and the bad
E7 E E7 E
the vicious the kind
Tussenstukje:
B B G D E7 E E7 E
Refrein:
E7 E
there’s a war going on
E7 E
Our world is going down
G D
There’s a threat in the air
E7 E E7 E
I can feel it everywhere
G D
9)Between the steady, the shaking
B Bb A
The naked , the dressed
G A
the women and men
E7 E7 E7 E
The |east and the west
G D
10) Between the rain and the drought
B Bb A
God and mankind
G A
The easy and the loud
E7 E E7 E
The dark and the light
Bridge: B B G A B B
B
there’s a war going on
B B
Our world is going down
D E
There’s a threath in the air
B B B B
I Can feel it everywhere
D E
11)Between the city and the country
F# F E
The land and the sea
D A
the united, desolated
B B
between you and me.
D A
I really think
B B B B
We must be in World War III
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outro: D E B B B B. einde.
Tekst en muziek: T Jansma. (sept 2007)