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