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Artist: The Decemberists Album: The Crane Wife Song: When The War Came Contributor: Chris Funk, Jimbob (jimbobriley@gmail.com) (standard tuning) (drop D tuning) Bsus2 Asus2 Bsus2 Asus2 e|---2------0----- e|---x------x---- B|---2------0----- B|---x------x---- G|---4------2----- OR G|--11------9---- D|---4------2----- D|--11------9---- A|---2------0----- A|---9------7---- E|---x------x----- D|---9------7---- - Main Rhythm - E|--2--2-----2--2-----2--2----...-2-----2-----2--2-----... B|--2--2-----2--2-----2--2----...-2-----2-----2--2-----... G|--4--4-----4--4-----4--4----...-4-----4-----4--4-----... D|--4--4-----4--4-----4--4----...-4-----4-----4--4-----... A|--2--2-----2--2-----2--2----...-2-----2-----2--2-----... E|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-...-x-----x-----x--x--x--... (the main rhythm) (pause) (Verse) Bsus2 With all the grain of Babylon To cultivate, To make us strong And hidden here behind the walls Are shoulders wide and timber on Asus2 Till the war came Bsus2 Till the war came (Verse) Bsus2 A terrible autonomy Is grafted onto you and me A trust put in the governments Who told their lies as heaven sent Asus2 Till the war came Bsus2 Till the war came (Chorus) G Asus2 Bsus2 And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul G Asus2 Bsus2 And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball G A Em G And they're picking out our eyes by cold and candlelight G When the war came Asus Bssu2 The war came hard - Discordant Riff Over B - e|-------------------------------- B|-------------------------------- G|--6-------6------6------6------- D|-----9b------9b-----9b-----9b--- A|-------------------------------- E|-------------------------------- (Verse) We made our oaths to Avalon We'd not betray the soul lain on The acres of hysteracy To our own pangs of starvation When the war came When the war came (Chorus) And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball And they're picking out our eyes by cold and candlelight When the war came The war came hard (Outro) Bsus2 With all the grain of Babylon With all the grain of Babylon
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