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This War

Sting
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
 You've got  the mouth of a she wolf
 Inside the mask  of an innocent lamb
 You say your heart  is all compassion
 But there's just a flat  line  on your cardiogram
 Yet you always  made a profit baby
 If it was a famine or a feast
 Yes, I'm the soul  of indiscretion,
 I was cursed  with x-ray vision,
 I could see  right through all the lies you told,
 When you smiled  for the television
 And you can see  the coming battle
 You pray the drums will never cease
 And you may win  this war that's coming
 But would you tolerate the peace?
 OoHooHoooooHoooHoooooo
 Investing  in munitions
 And those little  cotton flags
 Invest in wooden  caskets
 In guns and body  bags, guns and body bags
 Your daddy  was a businessman
 And it always  made good sense
 You know the war  can make you rich my friend
 In dollars,  pounds and cents
 In the temple  that was Mammon's
 You were ordained the parish priest
 Yes you may  win this coming battle
 But could you tolerate the peace?
 OoHooHoooooHoooHoooooo
 OoHooHoooooHoooHoooooo
 Invest  in deadly weapons
 And those little  cotton flags
 Invest in wooden  caskets
 In guns and body  bags
 You're invested  in oppression
 Investing in  corruption
 Invest in every tyranny
 And the whole world's destruction
 I imagine  there's a future
 When all the earthly  wars are over
 You may find  yourself just standing  there
 On the white  cliffs of Dover
 You may ask,  what does it profit  a man
 To gain the whole  world and suffer the loss  of his soul?
 Is that your body  you see on the rocks  below
 As the tide  begins to roll?
 And you invested  in this prison
 From which you never got released
 You may have won  this war we're fighting
 But would you tolerate the peace?
 OoHooHoooooHoooHoooooo
 There's a war  on our democracy
 A war  on our dissent
 There's a war inside religion
 And what Jesus  might have meant
There's  a war on mother nature
 A war  upon the seas
 There's a war upon the  forests
 On the birds  and the bees
There's  a war on education
 A war  on information
 A war between the sexes
 And every  nation
 A war  on our compassion
 A war on understanding
 A war on love and  life itself
 It's war that they're demanding
 Make it easy  on yourself
 And don't do nothing
 
.......  -02210
 ....... -32010
 D........ --0232
/.  2-023-
........  230033

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Readable chord sheet for This War by Sting

[Em]

You've [C]got the mouth of a she wolf
Inside the [Am]mask of an innocent lamb
You say your [Em]heart is all compassion
But there's just a [Dsus2]flat l[F#]ine on your c[G]ardiogram

Yet you [Am]always made a profit baby [C]
If it was a famine or a feast[Em]

Yes, I'm the [C]soul of indiscretion,
I was [Am]cursed with x-ray vision,
I could [Em]see right through all the lies you told,
When you [Dsus2]smiled[F#] for the telev[G]ision

And you can [Am]see the coming battle [C]
You pray the drums will never cease[Em]
And you may [Am]win this war that's coming[C]
But would you tolerate the peace?[Em]

OoHooHo[D]ooooHo[G]ooHo[C]ooo[Am]oo
In[D]vesting in munitions
And those [G]little cotton flags
Invest in [C]wooden caskets
In guns and [Am]body bags, guns and body bags[G]  [Em]

Your [C]daddy was a businessman
And it [Am]always made good sense
You know the [Em]war can make you rich my friend
In [Dsus2]dollar[F#]s, pounds and [G]cents

In the [Am]temple that was Mammon's [C]
You were ordained the parish priest[Em]
Yes you ma[Am]y win this coming battle [C]
But could you tolerate the peace?[Em]

OoHooHo[D]ooooHo[G]ooHo[C]ooo[Am]oo
OoHooHo[D]ooooHo[G]ooHo[C]ooo[Am]oo
In[D]vest in deadly weapons
And those [G]little cotton flags
Invest in [C]wooden caskets
In guns and [Am]body bags
You're [D]invested in oppression
Investing [G]in corruption
Invest in every [C]tyranny
And the whole world's destruc[Am]tion  [G]    [Em]

I [G]imagine there's a [Em]future
When all the [G]earthly wars are [Em]over
You may [G]find yourself just [Em]standing there
On the [G]white cliffs of [Em]Dover

You may [G]ask, what does it [Em]profit a man
To gain the [G]whole world and suffer the [Em]loss of his soul?
Is that your [G]body you see on the [Em]rocks below
As the [G]tide begins to [Em]roll?

And you [Am]invested in this prison [C]
From which you never got released[Em]
You may have [Am]won this war we're fighting [C]
But would you tolerate the peace?[D]   [G]      [C]         [Am]

OoHooHo[D]ooooHo[G]ooHo[C]ooo[Am]oo
There's a [D]war on our democracy
A wa[G]r on our dissent
There's a war inside re[C]ligion
And what J[C]esus might have meant

[D]There's a war on mother nature
A [G]war upon the seas
There's a war upon the[C] forests
On the b[C]irds and the bees

[D]There's a war on education
A [G]war on information
A war between the [C]sexes
And [C]every nation

A [D]war on our compassion
A war on understa[G]nding
A war on love and[C] life itself
It's war that they're dem[Am]anding[C]    [Am]         [C]

[G] [Em]  [G] [Em]

Make it [G]easy on your[Em]self
And don't do [G]nothing[Em]

          [E][A][D][G][B][E]
[Am]....... -02210
[C] ....... -32010
D........ --0232
[Dsus2]/[F#]. 2-023-
[G]........ 230033

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