The Great War

	  		 

D                    Em               G 
My knuckles were bruised like violets 
                   D                             D 
Sucker punching walls, cursed you as I sleep talked 
                 Em           G 
Spineless in my tomb of silence 
                   D                              D 
Tore your banners down, took the battle underground 
                 Em           G 
And maybe it was ego swinging 
              D 
Maybe it was her 
D                Em                          G  D 
Flashes of the battle come back to me in a blur 

           C 
All that blood shed, crimson clover 
  G 
Uh-huh, sweet dream was over 
    Em                            D 
My hand was the one you reached for 
                         C 
All throughout the Great War 

Always remember 
      G 
Uh-huh, tears on the letter 
   Em                    D 
I vowed not to cry anymore 
                           D 
If we survived the Great War 

                   Em               G 
You drew up some good faith treaties 
                  D                           D 
I drew curtains closed, drank my poison all alone 
                     Em             G 
You said I have to trust more freely 
                D                            D 
But diesel is desire, you were playing with fire 
                    Em               G 
And maybe it's the past that's talking 
                  D 
Screaming from a crypt 
D                Em                             G 
Telling me to punish you for things you never did 
D 
So I justified it 

          C 
All that blood shed, crimson clover 
   G 
Uh-huh, the bombs were close and 
   Em                             D 
My hand was the one you reached for 
                          C 
All throughout the Great War 

Always remember 
    G 
Uh-huh, the burning embers 
    Em                     D 
I vowed not to fight anymore 
                          C 
If we survived the Great War 

C     G 
Uh-huh 
Em       D 
Uh-huh 

Am             G 
It turned into something bigger 
Em                D                             Am 
Somewhere in the haze got a sense I'd been betrayed 
                  G 
Your finger on my hairpin triggers 
Em               
Soldier down on that icy ground 
       D                            Am 
Looked up at me with honor and truth 
            G                          Em 
Broken and blue, so I called off the troops 
             D                  Am 
That was the night I nearly lost you 
G                    Em       D 
I really thought I'd lost you 

D              Em           G 
We can plant a memory garden 
              D                           D 
Say a solemn prayer, place a poppy in my hair 
                    Em                            G 
There's no morning glory, it was war, it wasn't fair 
    D 
And we will never go back 

        C 
To that bloodshed, crimson clover 
 G 
Uh-huh, the worst was over 
   Em                            D 
My hand was the one you reached for 
                         C 
All throughout the Great War 

Always remember 
     G 
Uh-huh, we're burned for better 
 Em                       D 
I vowed I will always be yours 
                              C 
'Cause we survived the Great War 
G 
Uh-huh 
Em 
Uh-huh 
                D 
I'll always be yours 
                          C 
'Cause we survived the Great War 
G 
Uh-huh 
     Em                    D 
I vowed I will always be yours