TO THE WAR

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I have attempted to chart this material as accurately
as possible, yet there remain passages that I'm still
not entirely comfortable with, and I strongly encourage
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TO THE WAR


      Esus4/B    |          | Dsus4/B     |           |
b2 d3 e               b2  d3  e                   b2 d3
f#2f# b               f#2 f#  b                   f#2 f#


     synth:     f# f# b.........................
     | Esus4/B      |             | Dsus4/B         |                 |
      e3                    b2  d3  e
      b2                    f#2 f#  b


       E7sus4/B
If the day would come to fight for what is right

          D7sus4/A
Would you go

          E7sus4
Would you guard the ground you've reaped from all your life

              D7sus4
Would you say yes


                  E/F#      Eb+5/F
Or would you say no



            Em7                              Dm7
And if the legacies of your land were on the line

          Em7                                                Fmaj7
Would you pledge you allegiance if death be the fate you may find


Bbmaj13             Fmaj7/Bb
Look       in your hearts

        Emaj7-5             E-5
Do you know         -ow    whoa

synth:

    a  ab a ab a ab a  ab  a............
| E7sus4/B                |                      D7sus4/A
                                          To the war  oh oh oh ...

          E7sus4/B
Does the freedom seek the strong or seek the weak


        D7sus4/A
Do you ca--a   -a -a -a re


           E7sus4
Would you face the foe or turn your other cheek


                  D7sus4                    Eadd9/F#         Eb+5/F
And   'bandon the hearts your children must share


           Em7                                     Dm7
And if the sanctities of your creeds were terror   ized


           Em7
Would you kneel down in dastardly grace


                           Fmaj7
Or would you stand up and fight


Fmaj7/Bb      Bbmaj7  Fmaj7/Bb  Bbmaj7
Man would you march             to   the


( Much quicker and lighter )


Emaj7/F#        E6/F#       E/F#     E6/F#
 wo             oh          oh          oh


Bm/G            A/G        Bm/G        A/G
oh              oh         oh            oh


Emaj7/F#      Ebm7/F#     E/F#     Ebm7/F#
oooo           oooo        oooo      oooo


Bm/G            A/G        Bm/G        A/G
ooo              ooo        ooo         oooo



  f4             d#        c#         d#     f#     e     d#        e
|F#maj7/G#    F#6/G#    F#6/G#    F#6/G#    |B/A    A     B/A      E/A |


trumpet synth:

  f4          d#         c#         d#       f#       e      d#    e
|F#maj7/G#    F#6/G#    F#6/G#    F#6/G#    |B/A      A     B/A    E/A |

strings synth:

  g4       f          d#       f      f#       f     d#    f
| Fm9     Fm7                      | G#m7    G#m6   G#m    G#m6    |


  f4      e      d    e       e   d      c   d
|Bbmaj7   C/Bb   Bb   C/Bb | Am7  D7/A  F/A  D7/A


 d4    c    bb3   c4     a      bb    c4    c#   c   c#   d#  e
Gm7   C7/G  Eb/G  C7/G  |F#7+9  F#7  F#7-5  F#7


 f4   f..d# d# d#  c# c# c#  d#..  f  f   d# d# d#  c# c# c#  d# d# d#
|F#maj7/G# F#6/G#  F#6/G#   F#6/G#|F#maj7/G# F#6/G#  F#6/G#    F#6/G#|


d#4  c# d# d# d# d#c#d# f  f     d# d# d#  c# c# c#  d# d# d#
|B/A A  B/A   E  E/F#  |F#maj7/G# F#6/G#    F#6/G#    F#6/G#  |

much slower:

f#4..........     e.................    d#.........    g#......................
|Emaj9           |Amaj9                |G#m7/C#       |E/D                  |

synth trumpet:

f5 .............f  f  eb .....  eb4   eb............ eb5 eb  db
F#maj7/G#                            |Bb11


db5 db db db    eb   e  db   db        eb......eb      d........
       F#m6/A           F#sus4/A      |Abmaj7/Bb       Bb13-9


quartet vocals with rhodes

Ebmaj7           Fm7              Gm7           G#m7..................
oo  ooo   oo     oo   oo   ooo    oo  ooo  oo   ooooooooooooooooooo


Gm7          F#9        Fm7      Bb7-9+5.......................
oo   oo      oo ooo   oo oo      ooooooooooooo


Ebmaj7        Fm7          Gm7            G#m7..................
ah ah  ah     ah ah ah     ah  ah   ah    ahhhhh


Gm7          F#9       Fm7      Bb7-9+5...
ah ah        ah ah    ah  ah   ahhhhhhhhh


F(no5)
ahhh   ahhh ahhhhh



transcribed and charted by Peter Kruger  casparus50@yahoo.ca