Key: D# minor
Verse 1
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Why, who, yeah,
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what is it good for?
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Why, who, yeah,
Say it again, y 'all!
War!
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Look out!
Listen to me!
Oh!
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War!
I despise
Cause it means destruction
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Of in nocent lives
War means tears
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To thousands of mothers I have
When their sons go off to fight
And lose their lives
I said war!
God, y 'all
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What for?
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La la la la
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What is it good for?
Listen to me
What?
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It ain't nothing but a heartbreak
What?
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Friend only to the undertaker
Is it in me to offend?
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The thought of war blows my mind
War has caused unrest within
the younger generation
Induction, then destruction
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Who wants to die?
War!
Good
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God, y 'all!
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What is it good for?
Say it, say it, say it
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War!
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What is it good for?
Listen to me!
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What?
What?
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It's got one friend,
young man's dreams
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Made him disabled, bitter and meek
Life is much too short and precious
It's been fighting wars each day
War can't give life
It can only take it away
Oh!
War!
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Good
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What is it good for?
Nothing
Say it again
War!
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Lord
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Absolutely
Nothing
Listen to me
War!
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It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker
War!
What?
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Friend only to the undertaker
Tell me, it's not no place for him today
They say we must fight
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to keep our freedom
But
Lord knows there's
got to be a better way
Oh!
What?
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John
Young
Say it, say it, say it, say it
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What?
Good
Nothin'
What?
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It ain't nothin' but a heartbreak
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You
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