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There is War

Leonard Cohen
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Chords in this song4

Song

Intro: Am
There is a war between the rich and poor a war between the man and the woman
There is a war between the ones who say there-is-a-war and the ones who say that there isn't
Why don't you come on back to the war? that's right, get in it 
Why don't you come on back to the war? it's just beginning 
Well I live here with a woman and a child, the situation makes me kind of nervous
Yes, I rise up from her arms, she says "I guess you call this love" I call it service
Why don't you come on back to the war? don't be a tourist 
why don't you come on back to the war? before it hurts us 
why don't you come on back to the war? let's all get nervous 
You cannot stand what I've become, you much prefer the gentleman I was before
I was so easy to defeat, I was so easy to control, I didn't even know there was a war
Why don't you come on back to the war? don't be embarrassed 
why don't you come on back to the war? you can still get married 
There is a war between the rich and poor, a war between the man and the woman
There is a war between the left and right, a war between the black and white
a war between the odd and the even
Why don't you come on back to the war? pick up your tiny burden
why don't you come on back to the war? let's all get even 
why don't you come on back to the war? can't you hear me speaking?
The G chords are always played with C/G (x4):
e|--3-3-3-3---------------------------|
B|--0-0-0-1---------------------------|
G|--0-0-0-0---------------------------|
D|--0-0-0-2---------------------------|
A|--2-2-2-----------------------------|
E|--3-3-3-3---------------------------|

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