GUNS 'N ROSES
CIVIL WAR

INTRO: Em
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       Em
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WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE IS FAILURE TO COMUNICATE
SOME MEN YOU JUST CAN'T REACH...
SO, YOU GET WHAT WE HAD HERE LAST WEEK
WHICH IS THE WAY HE WANTS IT!
WELL, HE GETS IT!
N' I DON'T LIKE IT ANY MORE THAN YOU MEN.

Em
LOOK AT YOUR YOUNG MEN FIGHTING
G
LOOK AT YOUR WOMEN CRYING
Em
LOOK AT YOUR YOUNG MEN DYING
     G                  D
THE WAY THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE BEFORE

LOOK AT THE HATE WE'RE BREEDING
LOOK AT THE FEAR WE'RE FEEDING
LOOK AT THE LIVES WE'RE LEADING
THE WAY WE'VE ALWAYS DONE BEFORE

A5  A5#4  A5

Em5           G
MY HANDS ARE TIED
     D/F#                Em5
THE BILLIONS SHIFT FROM SIDE TO SIDE
         G
AND THE WARS GO ON WITH BRAINWASHED PRIDE
         D/F#                Em5
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND OUR HUMAN RIGHTS
    G
AND ALL THESE THINGS ARE SWEPT ASIDE
     D/F#                Em5
BY BLOODY HANDS TIME CAN'T DENY
     G
AND ARE WASHED AWAY BY YOUR GENOCIDE
     D                 A4               Em5
AND HISTORY HIDES THE LIES OF OUR CIVIL WARS

(ARPEGIATE HERE)
              G
D'YOU WEAR A BLACK ARMBAND
           Bm6
WHEN THEY SHOT THE MAN
          Em5
WHO SAID "PEACE COUID LAST FOREVER"
           G
AND IN MY FIRST MEMORIES
      Bm6
THEY SHOT KENNEDY
    Em5
AN' I WENT NUMB WHEN I LEARNED TO SEE
      G              Bm6
SO I NEVER FELL FOR VIETNAM
            Em5
WE GOT THE WALL OF D.C. TO REMIND US ALL
          G
THAT YOU CAN'T TRUST FREEDOM
           Bm6
WHEN IT'S NOT IN YOUR HANDS
     Em5
WHEN EVERYBODY'S FIGHTING
             C      D
FOR THEIR PROMISED LAND AND


G         Bm             Em
I DON'T NEED YOUR CIVIL WAR
    G         Bm                       Em     C  D
IT FEEDS THE RICH WHILE IT BURIES THE POOR
G           Bm                       Em
YOUR POWER HUNGRY SELLIN' SOLDIERS IN A
HUMAN GROCERY STORE
AIN'T THAT FRESH
G       Bm               Em   C       D
I DON'T NEED YOUR CIVIL WAR  NO NO NO NO NO

LOOK AT THE SHOES YOU'RE FILLING
LOOK AT THE BLOOD WE'RE SPILLING
LOOK AT THE WORLD WE'RE KILLING
THE WAY WE'VE ALWAYS DONE BEFORE

LOOK IN THE DOUBT WE'VE WALLOWED
LOOK AT THE LEADERS WE'VE FOLLOWED
LOOK AT THE LIES WE'VE SWALLOWED
AND I DONT WANT TO HEAR NO MORE

A5  A5#4  A5

MY HANDS ARE TIED
FOR ALL'VE SEEN HAS CHANGED MY MIND
BUT STILL THE WARS GO ON AS THE YEARS GO BY
WITH NO LOVE OF GOD OR HUMAN RIGHTS
CAUSE ALL THESE DREAMS ARE SWEPT ASIDE
BY BLOODY HANDS OF THE HYPNOTIZED
WHO CARRY THE CROSS OF HOMICIDE
AND HISTORY BEARS THE SCARS OF OUR CIVIL WARS


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"WE PRACTICE SELECTIVE ANNIHILATION OF MAYORS
 AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
 FOR EXAMPLE TO CREATE A VACUUM
 THEN WE FILL THAT VACUUM
 AS POPULAR WAR ADVANCES.
 PEACE IS CLOSER"

Em   C       D
NO NO NO NO NO

I DON'T NEED YOUR CIVIL WAR
IT FEEDS THE RICH WHILE IT BURIES THE POOR
YOUR POWER HUNGRY SELLIN' SOLDIERS IN A
HUMAN GROCERY STORE
AIN'T THAT FRESH
AND I DONT NEED YOUR CIVIL WAR

I DONT NEED YOUR CIVIL WAR
I DONT NEED YOUR CIVIL WAR
YOUR POWER HUNGRY SELLIN' SOLDIERS IN A
HUMAN GROCERY STORE
AIN'T THAT FRESH
I DON'T NEED YOUR CIVIL WAR

I DON'T NEED ONE MORE WAR
I DON'T NEED ONE MORE WAR

WHAZ SO CIVIL 'BOUT WAR ANYWAY


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