Standard Tuning
Chords
e|-2----|-0---|-0-----|-0---------|-0-------------|--------|----------|---------|-0----|
B|-0----|-0---|-2-----|-5---------|-7-------------|-10-----|-9--------|-7-------|-3----|
G|-2----|-1---|-1-----|-2---------|-4-------------|--9-----|-8--------|-6-------|-1----|
D|-1----|-2---|-2-----|-4---------|-6-------------|-10-----|-9--------|-7-------|-2----|
A|-2----|-2---|-0-----|-4---------|-6-------------|-10-----|-9--------|-7-------|-2----|
E|------|-0---|-------|-----------|---------------|--------|----------|---------|-0----|
[B7] [E] [AM7] [F#m7/C#] [G#m7(#5)/D#][C6/G][G#m/F#][F#m/E][E7]
[B7] Back in the [E]old days I had my [AM7]own ways of [E]loving you.
It was [F#m7/C#]turpentine to an [E]open wound that I [AM7]was for you in [E]November, and now it's [B7]June.
The [F#m7/C#]reverend, he, his family, were [G#m7(#5)/D#]gathered there.
[F#m7/C#] You had paint hiding [G#m7(#5)/D#]in your hair,
[F#m7/C#] I was standing in your [G#m7(#5)/D#]kitchen door.
[F#m7/C#] What have I come a[C6/G]round for?
To say that the [E]wars we wage are a[AM7]ll children's games.
We are [E]boys and girls wearing [AM7]colanders and capes.
In these [E]dreadful days, my he[AM7]ad is that place
where you [E]love me and [F#m7/C#]branches are swords.
I'll [C6/G]use [G#m/F#]them [F#m/E]here to [G#m/F#]fight this [E]war.[B7][E][B7]
E, AM7 (4 Times)
(Strings Break)
Now these are [E]peaceful days and I am at [AM7]war with ways of [E]loving you.
I'll put a [F#m7/C#]pen to paper to try and ex[E]plain to you what
eight thousand [AM7]miles can do when there are one [E]hundred more between [E7]me and you.
[F#m7/C#]Darling, you don't write me of your [G#m7(#5)/D#]love anymore.
[F#m7/C#] I am sleeping on this [G#m7(#5)/D#]davenport.
[F#m7/C#] When guests arrive, I will be [G#m7(#5)/D#]on the floor.
[F#m7/C#] What have we even come [C6/G]home for?
To say that the [E]wars we wage are a[AM7]ll children's games.
We are [E]boys and girls wearing [AM7]colanders and capes.
In these [E]dreadful days, my he[AM7]ad is that place where you [E]love me and [F#m7/C#]branches are swords.
F#m7/C#, G#m7(#5)/D# (3 Times)
(Follow the rhythm of the "Ooh Aahs")
[F#m7/C#]Darling, I love and want you [G#m7(#5)/D#]desperately.
[F#m7/C#] Still, more, I need that [G#m7(#5)/D#]returned to me.
[F#m7/C#] So in truth, honestly, [G#m7(#5)/D#]frankly as can be,
[F#m7/C#] do or don't you want to [C6/G]marry me?
I'll [C6/G]wait [G#m/F#]as [F#m/E]long as [G#m/F#]need [E]be.
Chords
e|-2----|-0---|-0-----|-0---------|-0-------------|--------|----------|---------|-0----|
B|-0----|-0---|-2-----|-5---------|-7-------------|-10-----|-9--------|-7-------|-3----|
G|-2----|-1---|-1-----|-2---------|-4-------------|--9-----|-8--------|-6-------|-1----|
D|-1----|-2---|-2-----|-4---------|-6-------------|-10-----|-9--------|-7-------|-2----|
A|-2----|-2---|-0-----|-4---------|-6-------------|-10-----|-9--------|-7-------|-2----|
E|------|-0---|-------|-----------|---------------|--------|----------|---------|-0----|
[B7] [E] [AM7] [F#m7/C#] [G#m7(#5)/D#][C6/G][G#m/F#][F#m/E][E7]
[B7] Back in the [E]old days I had my [AM7]own ways of [E]loving you.
It was [F#m7/C#]turpentine to an [E]open wound that I [AM7]was for you in [E]November, and now it's [B7]June.
The [F#m7/C#]reverend, he, his family, were [G#m7(#5)/D#]gathered there.
[F#m7/C#] You had paint hiding [G#m7(#5)/D#]in your hair,
[F#m7/C#] I was standing in your [G#m7(#5)/D#]kitchen door.
[F#m7/C#] What have I come a[C6/G]round for?
To say that the [E]wars we wage are a[AM7]ll children's games.
We are [E]boys and girls wearing [AM7]colanders and capes.
In these [E]dreadful days, my he[AM7]ad is that place
where you [E]love me and [F#m7/C#]branches are swords.
I'll [C6/G]use [G#m/F#]them [F#m/E]here to [G#m/F#]fight this [E]war.[B7][E][B7]
E, AM7 (4 Times)
(Strings Break)
Now these are [E]peaceful days and I am at [AM7]war with ways of [E]loving you.
I'll put a [F#m7/C#]pen to paper to try and ex[E]plain to you what
eight thousand [AM7]miles can do when there are one [E]hundred more between [E7]me and you.
[F#m7/C#]Darling, you don't write me of your [G#m7(#5)/D#]love anymore.
[F#m7/C#] I am sleeping on this [G#m7(#5)/D#]davenport.
[F#m7/C#] When guests arrive, I will be [G#m7(#5)/D#]on the floor.
[F#m7/C#] What have we even come [C6/G]home for?
To say that the [E]wars we wage are a[AM7]ll children's games.
We are [E]boys and girls wearing [AM7]colanders and capes.
In these [E]dreadful days, my he[AM7]ad is that place where you [E]love me and [F#m7/C#]branches are swords.
F#m7/C#, G#m7(#5)/D# (3 Times)
(Follow the rhythm of the "Ooh Aahs")
[F#m7/C#]Darling, I love and want you [G#m7(#5)/D#]desperately.
[F#m7/C#] Still, more, I need that [G#m7(#5)/D#]returned to me.
[F#m7/C#] So in truth, honestly, [G#m7(#5)/D#]frankly as can be,
[F#m7/C#] do or don't you want to [C6/G]marry me?
I'll [C6/G]wait [G#m/F#]as [F#m/E]long as [G#m/F#]need [E]be.
