I Wear This Because Life Is War! chords by
L.a. Salami

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Key: C minor

Intro 1

Verse 1
Am Am 
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They left me in this battle field
Em Em 
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where the sunlight cut my eyes.
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I brave the fray but I was afraid
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Am Am 
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when my best friend's mother died.
I was raised an honest man
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but taught an honest man
must learn to lie.
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Verse 2

And this road was

built by honest men

who honest lived and honest died.

Verse 3
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My darling put a spear in me,
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from my blind side, through my back.
Am Am 
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She really made a fool of me
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but the fool in me just wants
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her back.
But foolish men are first to find
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that fooling fools ain't fooling facts.
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Verse 4
C C 
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Em Em 
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And this road was built by foolish men
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C C 
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Em Em 
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who fought like fools
for the things they lack.
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Verse 5
I keeps my pistol off the safety catch
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Am Am 
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and a crowbar in my jeans.
The devil tells me to "look alive"
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Am Am 
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so I keeps an apple on each sleeve.
I'm miles away from that shining light
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but I know that's where
I ought to be.
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Verse 6

And this road was built

by shining lights

but any chances lit is a chance to leave.

Interlude 1
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D D 
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Am Am 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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Am Am 
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Verse 7
Am Am 
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I scheme a mile a minute darling,
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Am Am 
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you seem to run a mile a man.
I'm done with all this dodging darling,
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G G 
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I do  the best with what I can.
Am Am 
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But these penniless predicaments
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are just more than a man can stand.
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Verse 8

And this road was built from nothing

but a hard idea and heavy hands.

Interlude 2

Verse 9
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I'm plagued
by empty pockets pally,
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empty heads and empty
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Am Am 
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eyes.
They salute my growling stomach
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'cause they're hungry for
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Am Am 
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what's on my mind.
But thoughtful men are first to find
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that thinking free don't
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mean you're fine.

Verse 10

An d this road was built

by thoughtful men

who though like fools of the things

they'd

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