war for sale Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][A][Am][A][Am]
[A]
[Am][A]
[Am][A][Bm]
[G][E][G][Bm]

[Verse 1]
Time [B5]came to leave
[Bm]You know there[G]'s something
about the prin[E]ciple
Of what goes on [Bm]behind the scenes
[B]The military mac[Bm]hine,
the way [G]they led me [E]on[B]
[B5]Stiletto [Bm]in th[B5]e sand,[B][B5]

[Verse 2]
[Bm]
thrusted down in an[G]ger
Bloody to [E]the handle, [B]diamond red
[Bm]Ma chines of mass destruction
Well, I helped to design [G]them
The guilt of children's blood [E]stains

[Verse 3]
[G]
on my hand[F]s
The word from [B5]the board [B]room[B5]
[F]Our boys in Teh[B5]ran hav[B]e
scored
[E][Bm]

[Verse 4]
[F]
[Am]How long 'til we reali[D5]ze the truth?
[F]The bottom line of de[C]fense
and [G]world secur[Am]ity
The bankers and the [D5]ministry of arms
[F]Just cut the deal and the
[C]war [G]is [Am]on

[Verse 5]
The village burned, the [D5]desert set ablaze
[F]Who are these men with their [C]fingers
in [G]everybody's [Am]pie?
Big rockets and their [D5]profits, all the rage
[F]Their business plan calls for [E]war for
[A]sale[Am]

[Interlude 1]
[A][Am][A]
[Am][A5][A]

[Verse 6]
[Bm]Please un de[B]rs[Bm]tand until I saw all t[G]his
I never [E]thought about the third
world trampled [B]under wheels
[Bm]Out in [B]the streets and in [Bm]the fields
I simply ques[G]tioned it [E]all[B5]
[Bm]Stiletto in the sand,

[Verse 7]
[Bm]
fingers on the trig[G]gers
Tempers boil[E]ing over, [B]bleed them red
[Bm]Ma chines of mass destruction
[B]Oh, why [Bm]did I design [G]them?

[Verse 8]
The guilt of children's blood [E]stains
on [G]my [F]hands
[B5]Napalm and land [F]mines
Nobody [B]left [E]alive[F][Bm][G][Am]

[Verse 9]
How long 'til [D]we real[D5]ize
the truth?
[F]The bottom line of de[C]fense
[G]and world se[Am]curity
The bankers [D5]and the ministry of arms
[F]Just cut the deal and [C]the war [G]is on

[Verse 10]
[Am]The market screams a re
[D5]commended [Dm]buy
[F]The contracts in, don't just sit [C]there, get
[G]your broker on [Am]the line
Big money left [D5]their morals far behind
[Dm]Gues[F]s what we've got, we got war f[E]or[Am][F][D5]
[Eb][F][G][F][G][F][Eb]
[Cm][G][F][G][F][Eb][C][B5][A5][G]
[F][Am][G][A5]
[G]sal[F]e[G][E][A5][G][F][G][Am]

[Interlude 2]
[G][A5][G][D5][Bm][E]
[G][A][E]
[G][Am][E][D5][D][C][Am][F]
[B5][Bm][F][B5][Bm][B]
[E][Bm][Am]

[Verse 11]
How long [Am]'til we real[D5]ize
[Dm]the truth?
[F]The bottom line of de[C]fense
[G]and world secur[Am]ity
The bankers and [D5]the ministry of arms
[Dm]Just[F] cut the deal and the [C]war is o[G]n

[Verse 12]
[Am]The village burned, the desert set[D5] ablaze
[F]Who are these men with their fin
[C]gers [G]in everybody's pie?
[Am]Then freedom's ring depar
[D5]ted from [Dm]today
[F]There's just no doubt,
we got war [E]for [Am]sale

[Outro 1]
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