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War on Drugs easy guitar chords by
Barenaked Ladies
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Intro 1
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
D

Verse 1
G

She

likes to sleep with the radio on
D
G

So she can dream of her favorite song
Dsus4
C

The one that no one has ever sung
D
G

since she was small
C

She'll never know that she made it up
D
G

She had a soul and we ate it up
Em
Am

Thrown away like a paper cup
D

The music falls
G
C
G

The only flaw in her detailed plan
D

Is where she wins back
G

the love of her man
Em

Everyone knows that he's
Am

never coming back
D
G
Verse 2

C

He took her heart and she took his name
D
G

He couldn't stand taking all the blame
Em
Am

He left her only with guilt and shame and
D

then she cracked
Dsus4
D
Verse 3
Em

Am
D

Won't it be dull when we rid ourselves
G
D
Em

Of all these demons haunting us
Am

To keep us company?
D
Verse 4
G

C
G

In the dream I refuse to have
D
G
Em

She falls asleep in a lukewarm bath

We're left to deal with the
Am
D
G

aftermath again
C

On behalf of humanity
D
G

I will fight for your sanity
Em
Am

How profound such profanity

can be
D
Dsus4
D
Verse 5
Em

Am
D

Won't it be dull when we rid ourselves
G
D
Em

Of all these demons haunting us
Am
D
B
Em

To keep us company?
Am
D

Won't it be odd to be happy like we
B

Always thought we're sup
Em

posed to feel
Am

But never seem to be?
D

Verse 6
G

Near where I live there's a viaduct
D

Where people jump when

they're out of luck
G

Raining down on the cars and trucks below
D
G

They've put a net

there to catch their fall

Like that'll stop anyone at all

What they don't know is when nature calls,
D

you go
G

They say that Jesus and mental health
D
G

Are just for those who can help themselves
D
Em

But what good is that when
G

you live in hell on earth?

For the very fear that makes you want to die

Is just the same as what
D
Em

keeps you alive

It's way more trouble than some
Am
G

suicide is worth
Verse 7
Em

Am
D

Won't it be dull when we rid ourselves
G
D
Em

Of all these demons haunting us
Am
D
B
Em

To keep us company?
Am
D

Won't it be odd to be happy like we
B

Always thought we're sup
Em

posed to feel
Am

But never seem to be?
D

Verse 8
G
C

Hard to admit I fought the war on drugs
D

My hands were tied and the phone
G
Em

was bugged

Another died and the world
Am

just shrugged it off
D

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  • D

  • Dsus4

  • Em

  • Am

  • B

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