This War is Over

repeat bassline1 three more times

G G G G

Take off my shield carry my sword I won't need it any more

<---bassline1----> <--bassline1--> <-----bassline1----> <-bassline1->

G G G G

Find me a sky & give me my wings frozen & broken, but free

<--bassline1--> <---bassline1---> <-----bassline1----> <-bassline1->

[Chorus]:

C G

Tell them I'm all right I'm coming home

<--bassline2--> <--bassline1->

C G

Tell them I'm all right I am alone

<--bassline2--> <--bassline1->

Am C G

This war is o-ve-r--. I'm coming home

bass: E-----8-7--5-/15-- <--bassline1-->

G G G G

Take off my shame bury it low I won't need it any more

Find me the Sun & give me it whole melt all the chains in my soul

Chorus

[Break]:

e -----------------------------------------------------------------|
B -15--13--12--12----15--13--12--12----15--13--12-----13--12--12---|
G ------------------------------------------------14---------------|
e --------------13--------------12--(12h)13--12--------------------|
B --12--13--15-----------------------------------15--12------------|
G -----------------------------------------------------------------|
e --------------13-----(13h)15--12--(12h)13--12--------------------|
B --12--13--15-----------------------------------15--12------------|
G -----------------------------------------------------------------|

e ------------up---down---------------------------------|

B -----------12-(13)-12---------------------------------|
G ----------------------12------------------------------|
D ----------------------------14----12----(12h14p12)12--|
A ------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------|

Take off...

(acapella)

Take off my pain carry me slow I won't fight here any more

Ad lib guitar over bassline 3 to fade

// bassline 3 :

A -||.------------------------------------|
E -||.-3--3--3--3--/10------10--12--10-\--|

\\

\\

A --------------------------10--12--10-\--.||
E ----3--3--3--3--/10---------------------.||

//

 & occasionally: ... A -----12--10--------|
                     E -------------12-\--|

EADGBe

320003 - G

X32010 - C

X02210 - Am

/ is a slide up

\ is a slide down

* is don't pick the note, just slide up/down to it

h is a hammer on

p is a pull off

~~ is finger vibrato

up down

B-12-(13)-12- is pick at the 12th fret, bend the b upto c then back down

bassline2 (first half of first two lines of chorus) is :

// | \\

D -||-------------*-------------|----------5p0----------------||
A -||:------/5--/-7~~\----------|----------------\7~~-\5~~\--:||
E -||---3-\---------------------|-----------------------------||

\\ | //

I'm not a bass player, but it seems to sound best if you play most of the bass

part with one finger, sliding up and down the neck. Of course, you can play

the bass parts on a regular guitar- fretting and tuning is the same- its just

one octave lower on a bass.

I kept having trouble finding the right key for the vocal. Start on a 'd'.

Here's the melody for the first line:

d c b b d c b b d c b b a b g

Take off my shield carry my sword I won't need it any more

Any comments/improvements, etc. welcome.

Now go find yourself a bass player!

Nic

Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk