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Performance: live
Key: C
Part I: The Great War:
๐ธ 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
๐ธ 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 lะตtter
Am G F
I vowed not to cry anymore If wะต survived the Great War
๐ธ Post-Chorus:
C
Uh-huh
Am G
Uh-huh
๐ธ 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
๐ธ 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
๐ธ Post-Chorus:
C
Uh-huh
Am G
Uh-huh
๐ธ 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:
๐ธ 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"
๐ธ 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:
๐ธ 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
๐ธ Post-Chorus:
C
Uh-huh
๐ธ 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
Song History
Published: June 20, 2024
Last Updated: February 8, 2026