The War Is Over chords by Cage The Elephant

Chords with lyrics

Intro: E minorEm

Verso 1:

E minorEm
  When I was a young man, I never needed anyone
E minorEm                      C majorC
Bruised and broken, shattered, always on the run
             BB
Safe behind a half-smile, laying in the shadows
E minorEm
 I became a rich man, I held the world up with my hands
 E minorEm                          C majorC
Inside I was a poor man, still screaming, "I don't understand"
              BB
"Why am I always running?"  "Why am I always hiding?"
C majorC               BB
 "What's the point in living  when living feels like dying?"

Refrão:

          E minorEm
You can build your walls, love will tear it down
         E minorEm
You can hide your heart inside a man-made house
          C majorC            BB
You can build your walls, build 'em to the sky
         C majorC           BB
One day you will find love was on both sides
(Parada)
The war is over

Verso 2:

E minorEm
  I came upon a wise man, he said, "Sit beside me son"
E minorEm                          C majorC
"When I was a young man, I was like you, the Prodigal Son"
             BB
Safe behind a half-smile,  hidin' in the shadows
C majorC                BB
 Tell 'em that it's all right,  tell 'em 'cause you said so

Refrão:

          E minorEm
You can build your walls, love will tear it down
         E minorEm
You can hide your heart inside a man-made house
          C majorC            BB
You can build your walls, build 'em to the sky
         C majorC           BB
One day you will find love was on both sides
E minorEm                C majorC
 The war is over, love's already won
         BB
The war is over,  the war is over
E minorEm                C majorC
 The war is over, love's already won
         BB
The war is over,  the war is over

Ponte:

C majorC         A minorAm
Time stands still so long
BB     E minorEm
I feel so low
C majorC      A minorAm      BB
I know what follows, what follows

Refrão:

          E minorEm
You can build your walls, love will tear it down
         E minorEm
You can hide your heart inside a man-made house
          C majorC            BB
You can build your walls, build 'em to the sky
         C majorC           BB
One day you will find love was on both sides
E minorEm                C majorC
 The war is over, love's already won
         BB
The war is over,  the war is over
E minorEm                C majorC
 The war is over, love's already won
         B5B5