30th August 2001.
WAR by THE JAM
Written by Whitfield-Strong
B-side to `Just Who Is The Five O`Clock Hero?`
Chords used:
F: x-9-11-11-11-x
Ebm: x68876 or 11-13-13-11-11-11 during the verses.
This is the tab for the intro:
F Ebm F F Ebm F
--------------|----6-6-------|--------------|----6-6-------|--------
-----------11-|----7-7--11-11|-----------11-|----7-7--11-11|-------- (go
-----------11-|----8-8--11-11|-----------11-|----8-8--11-11|-------- bak
-----------11-|----8-8--11-11|-----------11-|----8-8--11-11|-------- 2
-----------9--|----6-6---9-9-|-----------9--|----6-6---9-9-|-------- start)
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------
WAR! HUH! what is it good...absolutely
NOTHING!
Repeat the above bit x4
Ebm
War - I despise
Cos it means destruction of anything alive
War means tears
In a thousand mothers eyes
When their sons go off fighting and lose their lives I said
Ebm F F Ebm F F
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (absolutely) NOTHING! (War!)
Ebm F F Ebm F F
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (absolutely) NOTHING! (Good god!)
Ebm F F Ebm F F
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (absolutely) NOTHING!
Ebm
War has shattered many young man`s dreams
Playing the same old (???????????????)
Life is too short and precious to spend fighting
War don`t bring life, it can only take it away I said
Ebm F F Ebm F F
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (say it again) NOTHING! (what?)
Ebm F F Ebm F F
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (absolutely) NOTHING!
Ebm F F Ebm F F
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (absolutely) NOTHING!
Ebm
Ebm
I know we must fight to keep our freedom
But I know there`s got to be a better way
then vocally ad lib it with various echoed `NO!`s and `Woah-oh`s and stuff
for a bit then:
N.C.
WARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWAR... etc.
Note:
During the verses - the Ebm changes slightly like, and I can`t say
for sure what to here are the chords it might be, it could be all
of them - but it makes playing the verses more interesting anyway!
Ebm Eb7sus4 Ebm7 Ebm6
-11-----------|--11----------|--11------11--|--11----------|--
-11-----------|--11----------|--14------11--|--13----------|--
-11-----------|--13----------|--11------11--|--11----------|--
-13-----------|--11----------|--11--or--11--|--11----------|--
-13-----------|--13----------|---x-------x--|--13----------|--
-11-----------|--11----------|--11------11--|--11----------|--
Hope this is of some help.
