War Isn't Murder
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Intro C C C
[Verso 1]
C
War isn't murder
Good men don't die
Children don't starve and all the women survive
Am
War isn't murder
That's whatthey say
And when you'refighting the Devil
Murder's okay
G
War isn't murder
G7
They're called casualties
There ain't a veteran
G
With a good night's sleep
[Refrão]
F
Let's talk about dead people
F7
I mean a dead people
C
The dead don't feel Honor
A
They don't feel that brave
D
They don't feel avenged
G
They're lucky if they got gravs
C
Call your dead mother
Am
Ask her whn she died
D7
It's a deathly silence on the other
G
Line
F
The dead don't talk
Fm
But their children don't forget
C
So in 20 short years
A7
You could live to regret that
[Verso 2]
C
War isn't murder
There's money at stake
Girl, even Kushner agrees
It's good real estate
Am
War isn't murder
Ask Netanyahu
He's got a song for that
And a bomb for you
G
War isn't murder
G7
It's an old desert faith
It's a nation state sanctioned
G
Righteous hate
[Refrão]
F
Let's talk about dead people
F7
I mean a dead people
C
War isn't murder
A7
It's the vengeance of God
D7
And if you can't see the bodies
G
They don't bloat when they rot
C
And the flies don't swarm
Am
And the children don't cry
D7
If war isn't murder
G
Good men don't die
F
So in a short 20 years
Fm
Where you vacation the Strip
C
Don't think about the dead
A D G C
And have a nice trip
Solo C C C
Am Am Am
G G G
C C C
[Verso 3]
C
War isn't murder
We should all give thanks
I saw it all in a movie
Give it up for Tom Hanks
Am
War isn't murder
They don't ship out the poor
And the bullets they fire
Aren't part of the cure
G
War isn't murder
Land is a right
G7
But the banks called dibs
It's something you can't fight
[Refrão]
F
Let's talk about dead people
F7
I mean a dead people
C
The dead don't feel honor
A
They don't feel that brave
D
They don't feel avenged
G
They're lucky if they got graves
C
War Isn't Murder
Am
Ain't a river of blood
D
Stretching all through time
G
And raining down in a flood
F
It's a dark sacrifice
Fm
Made on your behalf
C
So get down on your knees
A7 A
And thank the sweet lord that
C G C
War Isn't Murder
How to play War Isn't Murder
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