The War Song original guitar chords by
Culture Club

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Key: G major

Intro 1

C/G

Fmaj7

Chorus 1
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C/G C/G 
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G G 
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War, war is stu   pid
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C/G C/G 
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G G 
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and people are stu   pid
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
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And love     means nothing
in some strange quarters
G G 
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War, war is stu   pid
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And I        heard them banging
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War

Verse 1
D6 D6 
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People fill the world
C C 
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C6 C6 
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with narrow confidence
D6 D6 
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Like a child at birth,
C C 
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C6 C6 
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a man with no defence
D6 D6 
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What's mine's my own,
C C 
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C6 C6 
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I won't give it to you
D6 D6 
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No matter what you say,
C C 
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C6 C6 
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no matter what you do

Pre-chorus 1

Now we're fighting in our hearts

Fighting in the streets

Bm7b5

Am7

Won't somebody help me?

Chorus 2
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C/G C/G 
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G G 
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War, war is stu   pid
G G 
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C/G C/G 
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G G 
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And love     means nothing
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G G 
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G G 
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War, war is stu   pid
G G 
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G G 
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And I        heard them banging
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War

Verse 2
D6 D6 
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Man is far behind
C C 
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C6 C6 
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in the search of something new
D6 D6 
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Like a philistine,
C C 
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C6 C6 
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we're burning witches too
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This world of hate
C C 
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C6 C6 
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must be designed for you
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It matters what you say,
C C 
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it matters what you do

Pre-chorus 2

Now we're fighting in our hearts

Fighting in the streets

Bm7b5

Am7

Won't somebody help me?

Chorus 3
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G G 
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War, war is stu   pid
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G G 
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And love     means nothing
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War, war is stu   pid
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War

Interlude 1
Gm7 Gm7 3
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War,  war, war, war, war
War, war, war, war, war
Gm7 Gm7 3
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War,  war, war, war, war
War, war, war, war, war
Gm7 Gm7 3
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War,  war, war, war, war
War, war, war, war, war
Gm7 Gm7 3
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Bridge 1
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After the bird has flown
He walked ten thousand miles back home
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You can't do that to me, no,
you can't do that to me
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You can't do that to me, no,

Interlude 2

you can't do that to me

C/G

Fmaj7

War,

war

Verse 3

In this heart of mine,

I'll find a place for you

For black or white,

for grown-up children too

Pre-chorus 3

Now we're fighting in our hearts

Fighting in the streets

Bm7b5

Am7

Won't somebody help me?

Chorus 4
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G G 
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War, war is stu   pid
G G 
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G G 
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And love     means nothing
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G G 
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G G 
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War, war is stu   pid
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And I        heard them banging

Chorus 5
on hearts and fingers
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G G 
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War, war is stu   pid
G G 
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G G 
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And love     means nothing
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G G 
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G G 
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War, war is stu   pid
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And I        heard them banging

Chorus 6
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War, war is stu   pid
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And love     means nothing
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War, war is stu   pid
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And I        heard them banging
on hearts and fingers
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