I Fought in a War chords by 
Belle And Sebastian 
Key: E minor•
Verse 1
Em
Am
I fought in a war and I left
my friends behind me
To go looking for the enemy,
B
Em
and it wasn't very long
B
Am
Before I would stand with
another boy in front of me
C
Em
And a corpse that just fell into me,
Am
B
with the bullets flying round
Verse 2
G
Am
And I reminded myself of the words you
said when we were getting on
C
And I bet you're making shells back
B
home for a steady boy to wear
G
Round his neck, well it won't hurt to think
Am
of you as if you're waiting for
C
Am
B
This letter to arrive because I'll be
here quite a while
Bm
D
Verse 3
Em
A
I fought in a war and I left
my friends behind me
C
To go looking for the enemy,
B
Em
and it wasn't very long
A
Before I found out that the sick
ness there ahead of me
C
Went bey ond the bedsit infamy
B
D
of the decade gone be fore
Verse 4
G
And I re minded myself of the words
Am
you said when we were getting on
C
And I bet you're making shells back
B
home for a steady man to wear
G
Round his neck, well it won't hurt to think
Am
of you as if you're waiting for
C
B
This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a
Interlude 1
while
B
Em
Am
C
B
Em
A
Am
C
B
D
Em
Verse 5
Em
I fought in a war,
A
and I didn't know where it would end
C
It stretched before me infinitely,
B
I couldn't really think
Em
Of the day beyond now,
A
keep your head down pal
Am
C
There's trouble plenty in this hour, this day
B
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B
I can see hope I can see light
Verse 6
G
And I re minded myself of the looks you
Am
gave when we were getting on
C
And I bet you're making shells back
B
home for a steady man to wear
G
Round his neck, well it won't hurt to think
Am
of you as if you're waiting for
C
B
This letter to arrive because I'll be here
Outro 1
quite a while
D
Em
Am
C
B
Em
A
C
B
D
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