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The Great War

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Tone: [G]
Capo: 3
Fingerpicking/Strumming pattern:
[D]My knuckles were [Em]bruised like violets[G]
Sucker punching walls,[D] cursed you as I sleep-talked[D]
Spineless in my tomb[Em] of silence[G]
Tore your banners down,[D] took the battle underground[D]
And maybe it was [Em]ego swinging[G]
Maybe it was her[D]
[D]Flashes of the [Em]battle come back to me in a blur[G] [D]
 
All that[C] bloodshed, crimson clover
Uh-huh,[G] sweet dream was over
My hand[Em] was the one you reached for[D]
All throughout the Great War[C]
Always remember Uh-huh,[G] tears on the letter
I[Em] vowed not to cry anymore[D]
If we survived the Great War[D]
 
You drew up some[Em] good faith treaties[G]
I drew curtains closed,[D] drank my poison all alone[D]
You said I have to[Em] trust more freely[G]
But diesel is desire,[D] you were playin' with fire[D]
And maybe it's the past[Em] that's talkin'[G]
Screamin' from the crypt[D]
[D]Tellin' me to punish[Em] you for things you never did[G]
[D]So I justified it
 
All that[C] bloodshed, crimson clover
Uh-huh, [G]the bombs were close and
My hand[Em] was the one you reached for[D]
All throughout the Great War[C]
Always remember
Uh-huh,[G] the burning embers
I [Em]vowed not to fight anymore[D]
If we survived the Great War[C]
[C]Uh-huh[G]
[Em]Uh-huh[D]
 
[Am]It turned into [G]something bigger
[Em]Somewhere in the haze,[D] got a sense I'd been betrayed[Am]
Your finger on my hair[G] pin triggers
[Em]Soldier down on that icy ground
[D]Looked up at me with honor and truth[Am]
Broken and blue,[G] so I called off the troops[Em]
That was the night[D] I nearly lost you[Am]
[G]I really thought I lost[Em] you[D]
 
[D]We can plant a [Em]memory garden[G]
Say a solemn prayer,[D] place a poppy in my hair[D]
There's no morning glory,[Em] it was war, it wasn't fair[G]
And we[D] will never go back
 
To that [C]bloodshed, crimson clover
Uh-huh, [G]the worst was over
My hand[Em] was the one you reached for[D]
All throughout the Great War[C]
Always remember
Uh-huh,[G] we're burned for better
I vowed [Em]I would always be yours[D]
'Cause we survived the Great War[C]
[G]Uh-huh
[Em]Uh-huh
I would always be yours[D]
'Cause we survived the Great [C]War
[G]Uh-huh
I [Em]vowed I would always be yours[D]
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Updated 2022-12-19
Views: 12,703 Poster: NaomiG (Tobi approved)
Author: Taylor Swift Genre: Pop Favorite: 28
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