Performance: live Key: C Part I: The Great War: 🎸 Verse 1: G Am C G G My knuckles were bruised like violets Sucker punching walls, cursed you as I sleep-talked Spineless in my Am C G G Am C tomb of silence Tore your banners down, took the battle underground And maybe it was egos swinging G Am C G Maybe it was her Flashes of the battle come back to me in a blur 🎸 Chorus: F C All that bloodshed, crimson clover Uh-huh, sweet dream was over Am G F C My hand was the one you reached for All throughout the Great War Always remember Uh-huh, tears on the lеtter Am G F I vowed not to cry anymore If wе survived the Great War
🎸 Post-Chorus: C Uh-huh Am G Uh-huh 🎸 Verse 2: G Am C You drew up some good faith treaties G G I drew curtains closed, drank my poison all alone Am C You said I have to trust more freely G G But diesel is desire, you were playing with fire Am C And maybe it's the past that's talking G Screaming from the crypt Am C Telling me to punish you for things you never did G So I justified it 🎸 Chorus: F All that bloodshed, crimson clover C Uh-huh, the bombs were closer Am G My hand was the one you reached for F All throughout the Great War Always remember C Uh-huh, the burning embers Am G I vowed not to fight anymore F If we survived the Great War 🎸 Post-Chorus: C Uh-huh Am G Uh-huh 🎸 Bridge: Dm C It turned into something bigger Am G Dm Somewhere in the haze, got a sense I'd been betrayed C Your finger on my hairpin triggers Am Soldier down on that icy ground G Dm Looked up at me with honor and truth C Am Broken and blue, so I called off the troops G Dm That was the night I nearly lost you C Am G I really thought I'd lost you Part II: You're Losing Me: 🎸 Bridge: C G But how long could we be a sad song Am G F 'Til we were too far gone to bring back to life? C G I gave you all my best me's, my endless empathy Am G F And all I did was bleed as I tried to be your bravest soldier G Fighting in only your army Am Front lines, don't you ignore me F I'm the best thing at this party And you're losing me G And I wouldn't marry me either Am A pathological people pleaser F Who only wanted you to see Am F And I'm fading thinking, "Do something, babe, say something G C G Choose something, or risk something Am F Choose something, babe, I've got nothing G To believe C G Unless you're choosing me" 🎸 Chorus: Am Stop F You're losing me G Stop C G You're losing me Am Stop F You're losing me G C G I can't find a pulse Part III: The Great War: 🎸 Chorus: F From that bloodshed, crimson clover C Uh-huh, the bombs were closer Am G My hand was the one you reached for F All throughout the Great War Always remember C Uh-huh, the burning embers Am G I vowed not to fight anymore F If I survived the Great War 🎸 Post-Chorus: C Uh-huh 🎸 Outro: Am G I can't find a pulse anymore F But I survived the Great War C Uh-huh Am G I vowed not to cry anymore F If I survived the Great War
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