There Is a War chords by
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen

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Key: G major
Verse 1
Am
Am

There is a war between
the rich and poor
A war between the man
G
G

and the woman
Am
Am

There is a war between the ones
who say there is a war
G
G

And the ones who say there isn't
D
D

C
C

Why don't you come on back to the war,
G
G

that's right, get in it
D
D

Why don't you come on back to the war,
C
C

it's just beginning
G
G

Verse 2
Am
Am

Well I live here with a woman and a child
G
G

The situation makes me kind of nervous
Am
Am

Yes, I rise up from her arms,
she says "I guess you call this love"
G
G

I call it service
Verse 3
D
D

Why don't you come on back to the war,
C
C

G
G

don't be a tourist
D
D

Why don't you come on back to the war,
C
C

G
G

before it hurts us
D
D

Why don't you come on back to the war,
C
C

Em
Em

let's all get nervous
G
G

Verse 4
Am
Am

You cannot stand what I've become
You much prefer the gentleman I was before
G
G

Am
Am

I was so easy to defeat,
I was so easy to control
I didn't even know there was a war
G
G

Verse 5
D
D

C
C

Why don't you come on back to the war,
don't be embarrassed
G
G

D
D

C
C

Why don't you come on back to the war,
Em
Em

you can still get married
G
G

Verse 6
Am
Am

There is a war between the rich and poor
A war between the man
G
G

and the woman
Am
Am

There is a war between the left and right
A war between the black and white
A war between the odd and the even
G
G

Verse 7
D
D

Why don't you come on back to the war,
C
C

G
G

pick up your tiny burden
D
D

Why don't you come on back to the war,
C
C

Em
Em

G
G

let's all get even
D
D

Why don't you come on back to the war,
C
C

can't you hear me speaking?
Outro 1
G
G

C
C

G
G

A
A

D
D

A
A

D
D

A
A

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