Key: Eb minor
Chorus 1
G#m
B
G#m
(War!) Huh! Yeah! (What is it good for?)
G#m
B
G#m
(War!) Huh! Yeah! (What is it good for?)
G#m
B
G#m
(War!) Huh! Look out... (What is it good for?)
Verse 1
G#m
F#
G#m
(War!) I despise
'Cause it means destruction
F#
G#m
of innocent lives
War means tears
F#
G#m
to thousands of mother's eyes
When their sons go off to fight
F#
G#m
And lose their lives I said,
Chorus 2
G#m
B
(War!) Huh! Good God, y'all!
G#m
B
G#m
(War!) Huh! Oh, Lord (What is it good for?)
G#m
B
(War!) It ain't nothing but a heart-breaker
G#m
B
(War!) Friend only to the undertaker oh
Verse 2
G#m
F#
G#m
War! it's an enemy to all mankind
F#
G#m
The thought of war blows my mind
War has caused unrest
F#
G#m
Within the younger genera tion
Induction, then destruction
F#
G#m
Who wants to die? Oh!
Chorus 3
G#m
B
(War!) Good God, y'all!
B
Absolutely (nothin!) Say it, say it, say it!
G#m
B
(War!) Uh- huh, yeah, huh!
G#m
B
(War!) It ain't nothing but a heart-breaker
G#m
B
(War!) It got one friend,
Verse 3
that's the undertaker oh
F#
G#m
many a young man's dreams
F#
G#m
Made him disabled, bitter and mean
Life is much too short and precious
F#
G#m
To spend fighting wars each day
War can't give life
F#
G#m
It can only take it away, oh
Chorus 4
G#m
B
War! (Huh!) Good God, y'all
G#m
B
(War!) Woah (huh) woah, oh Lord
G#m
B
(War!) It ain't nothing but a heart-breaker
G#m
B
(War!) Friend only to the undertaker oh
Verse 4
F#
G#m
tell me
F#
G#m
Is there no place for them today?
They say we must fight
F#
G#m
to keep our freedom,
But Lord knows there's got to be
F#
G#m
a better way, oh
Chorus 5
G#m
B
War! God, y'all
Say it, say it, say it, say it!
G#m
B
(War!) Good God, yeah huh!
[Fade out]
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ChordsG#m B F#
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