I Fought In A War Uke tab by Belle And Sebastian

6 Chords used in the song: Em, A, C, B, G, Am

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Year:  2000
Difficulty: 
3.5
(Intermediate)
Key: EmChords
Em Em                          A A
I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me

C C B B
To go looking for the enemy, and it wasnt very long

Em Em A A
Before I would stand with another boy in front of me

C C B B
And a corpse that just fell into me, with the bullets flying round...


1st chorus:

G G Am Am
And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on

C C B B
And I bet youre making shells back home for a steady boy to wear

G G Am Am
Round his neck, well it wont hurt to think of you as if youre waiting for

C C B B
This letter to arrive because Ill be here quite a while


2nd verse:

Em Em A A
I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me

C C B B
To go looking for the enemy, and it wasnt very long

Em Em A A
Before I found out that the sickness there ahead of me

C C B B
Went beyond the bedsit infamy of the decade gone before


2nd chorus:

G G Am Am
And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on

C C B B
And I bet youre making shells back home for a steady man to wear

G G Am Am
Round his neck, well it wont hurt to think of you as if youre waiting for

C C B B
This letter to arrive because Ill be here quite a while


3rd Verse:

Em Em A A
I fought in a war, and I didn't know where it would end

C C B B
It stretched before me infinitely, I couldn't really think

Em Em A A
Of the day beyond now, keep your head down pal

C C
There's trouble plenty in this hour, this day

B B
I can see hope I can see light


3rd Chorus

G G Am Am
And I reminded myself of the looks you gave when we were getting on

C C B B
And I bet youre making shells back home for a steady man to wear

G G Am Am
Round his neck, well it wont hurt to think of you as if youre waiting for

C C B B
This letter to arrive because Ill be here quite a while

Uke tab by , 23 Jun 2013

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About this song: I Fought In A War

According to the I Fought in a War Songfacts, the song was inspired by the short story, For Esm

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