Masters Of War chords by Joan Osborne

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Verse 1
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 (E major) Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
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I just  (D major) want you to know
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Em 
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 (A major) I can  (G major) see through your  (E minor) masks  (E major) 
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You  (E minor) that  (G major) nev (A major) er done

Verse 2
Em 
 (E minor) nothin'
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 (E major) But  (E minor) build to des (E major) troy  (E minor) 
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You  (G major) play  (A major) with my  (E minor) world  (E major)  (E minor) 
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Em 
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Like it's your  (A major) little  (E minor) toy  (E major) 
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You  (E minor) put a  (G major) gun  (A major) in my  (E minor) hand  (E major)  (E minor) 
And you hide from my eyes
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 (E major)  (E minor) And you  (D major) turn and run  (A major) farther
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When the  (G major) fast bullets  (E minor) fly  (E major) 

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Verse 3
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Like  (E minor) Judas of old  (E major) 
Em 
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 (E minor) You lie and  (E major) deceive
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 (E minor) A   world  (G major) war can  (A major) be  (E major) won  (E minor) 
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You want  (G major) me  (A major) to be (E minor) lieve
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But I see  (G major) through  (E minor) your eyes  (E major) 
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 (E minor) And I see through your  (E major) brain  (E minor) 
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Like I  (D major) see through the wa (A major) ter
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Em 
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That  (G major) runs down my  (E minor) drain  (E major) 
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 (E minor) You fasten  (A major) the trig

Verse 4
E 
 (E major) gers
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For  (E minor) the oth (A major) ers to fire  (E major) 
Em 
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Then you set  (E minor)  (A major) back and  (E major) watch
Em 
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When the death  (E minor) coun (A major) t gets  (B major) higher
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You hide  (E minor) in your man (E major) sion  (E minor) 
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As young  (G major) people's  (A major)  (E major) blood
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D 
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 (A major) Flows  (D major) out of their  (A major) bodies
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And is  (G major) buried in the mud  (E minor)  (E major) 

Verse 5
Em 
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You've  (E minor) thrown the worst fear  (E major)  (E minor) 
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That can  (G major) ever  (A major) be  (E minor) hurled
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 (G major) Fear  (A major) to bring chil (E major) dren  (E minor) 
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 (E major)  (E minor)  (G major) In  (A major) to the world  (E minor)  (E major) 
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For  (G major) threaten (A major) ing my  (E major) baby
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 (E minor) Un   (G major) born and  (A major) un  (E major) named
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 (A major) You  (D major) ain't worth the blood  (A major) 
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Em 
That  (G major) runs in  (E minor) your veins
A 
How much do  (A major) I

Verse 6
Em 
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 (E minor) know  (E major) 
Em 
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To  (E minor) talk  (A major) out of turn  (E major) 
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You might  (G major) say that  (A major) I'm  (E major) young
Em 
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You might  (E minor) say  (A major) I'm unlearned
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Em 
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Em 
E 
 (B major) But there's  (E minor) one  (G major) thing I  (E minor) know  (E major) 
Em 
E 
Em 
 (E minor) Though I'm younger than  (E major) you  (E minor) 
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Even  (A major)  (D major) Jesus would  (A major) never
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For (G major) give what you  (E minor) do

Verse 7
Em 
Let me  (E minor) ask you one question
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 (E major)  (E minor) Is your  (A major) money that  (E major) good
Em 
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 (E minor) Will it  (G major) buy  (A major) you for (E major) giveness
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Do you  (G major) think  (A major) that it  (B major) could
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I  (A major) think  (G major) you will  (E minor) find
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When your death  (A major) takes  (E major) its  toll
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All the  (D major) money you  (A major) made
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Will never  (G major) buy back your
Em 
 (E minor) soul
E 
And I hope that you die  (E major) 

Verse 8
Em 
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 (E minor) And your  (A major) death'll come  (E major) soon
Em 
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 (E minor) I will  (G major) follow  (A major) your  (E major) casket
Em 
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 (E minor) In the pale  (A major) after (E major) noon
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And I'll  (G major) watch  (A major) while you're  (E major) lowered
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 (E minor) Down  (G major) to your  (A major) deathbed  (E minor)  (E major) 
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And I'll  (A major) stand  (D major) o'er your  (A major) grave
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Em 
'Til I'm  (G major) sure that you're  (E minor) dead