When the War Came chords by The Decemberists

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
With all the grain of Babylon
To cultivate, to make us strong
And hidden here behind the walls
Are shoulders wide and timber on
Em 
G 
'Til the war came
Em 
Am 
'Til the war came

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Verse 2

A terrible autonomy

Has grafted onto you and me

Our trust put in the government

They told their lies as heaven-sent

Dsus4

'Til 'Til the war came

'Til the war came

Verse 3
Am 
F 
And the war came with a
G 
Am 
curse and a caterwaul
F 
And the war came with all the
G 
Am 
poise of a cannonball
F 
G 
And they're picking out our eyes
Dm 
Dsus4 
Dm 
F 
by coal and      candlelight
When the war came,
G 
Am 
the war came hard

Verse 4
Am 
We  made our oath to Vavilov
We'd not betray the solanum
The acres of asteraceae
To our own pangs of starvation
Em 
G 
When the war came
Am 
When the war came
F 
And the war

Verse 5
came with a
G 
Am 
curse and a caterwaul
F 
And the war came with all the
G 
Am 
poise of a cannonball
F 
G 
And they're picking out our eyes
Dm 
Dsus4 
Dm 
F 
by coal and      candlelight
G 
When the war came, the war came hard
Am 
With

Verse 6
all the grain of Babylon
With all the grain of Babylon (with all
the grain of Babylon)
With all the grain of Babylon
(with all the grain of Babylon)
With all the grain of Babylon
(with all the grain of Babylon)
With all the grain of Babylon
(with all the grain of Babylon)
With all the grain of Babylon (with all
the grain of Babylon)
With all the grain of Babylon
(with all the grain of Babylon)
Am 
With all the grain of Babylon