"Civil war" by Tim Mcilrath at 102.1 The Edge's Sugar Beach studio in Toronto. June 8th, 2014.
Cover of original Guns N' Roses song.
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nyJ7P21WcA
Original tutorial by Daniel Chavez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mivqd4_cA1U
Original is played in Drop D, Capo 5th Fret, so for Standard Tuning, you can use Capo 4th.
All tabs chords relative to capo.
[Intro]
e|-x----------x-------x----------x----------|
B|-5----------3-------3----------3----------|
G|-0----------0---2h3h4----------0----------|
D|-x----------x-------0----------0----------|
A|-2----------2-------x----------x----------|
E|-0----------0-------3----------2----------|
D D DU D D D D UUD DUDU
e|-x----------x-------x------x------------0---0--|
B|-5----------3-------3------3------------3---0--|
G|-0----------0---2h3h4------0----0-------0---0--|
D|-x----------x-------0------0------4--0--0---2--|
A|-2----------2-------x------x------------2---2--|
E|-0----------0-------3------2------------3---0--|
D D DU D D D D DU D D
[Verse 1]
e|-0-----3-------3------|
B|-0-----3-------3------|
G|-0-----0-------2------|
D|-2-----0-------0------|
A|-2-----2-------0------|
E|-0-----3-------2------|
Em G D/F#
e|-0-----0------|
B|-2-----3------|
G|-2-----2------|
D|-2-----2------|
A|-0-----0------|
E|-x-----x------|
A A*
Em (D D UUD D du)
Look at your young man fighting
G (D D UUD D du)
Look at your women crying
Em (D D UUD D du)
Look at your young man dying
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU)
The way they've always done before
Em (D D UUD D du)
Look at the hate we're breeding
G (D D UUD D du)
Look at the fear we're feeding
Em (D D UUD D du)
Look at the lives we're leading
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) A (DUDUDUDU DUDUDUDU) A* (DUDUDUDU) A (DUDUDUDU)
The way we've always done before
Em (D D UUD D du)
My hands are tied
G (D D UUD D du)
The billions shift from side to side
Em (D D UUD D du)
And the wars go on with brainwashed pride
G (D D UUD D du)
For the love of God and our human rights
Em (D D UUD D du)
And all these things are swept aside
G (D D UUD D du)
By bloody hands time can't deny
Em (D D UUD D du)
And are washed away by your genocide
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) A (DUDUDUDU DUDUDUDU DUDUDUDU DUDUDUDU)
And history hides the lies of our civil wars
[Verse 2]
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU)
D'you wear a black armband when they shot the man
Em (D D UUD DUDU)
Who said, "Peace could last forever."
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU)
And in my first memories they shot Kennedy
Em (D D DU) C(DUDU) Dsus2 (DUDU)
An' I went numb when I learned to see
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) Em (D D UUD DUDU)
So I never fell for Vietnam. We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DUDU)
That you can't trust freedom when it's not in your hands
Em (D D DU) C (DUDU) Dsus2 (DUDU)
When everybody's fightin' For their promised land
[Chorus]
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) Em (D D UUD DUDU)
And I don't need your civil war
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) Em (D D DU) C (DUDU) Dsus2 (DUDU)
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) Em (D D UUD DUDU)
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers in a human grocery store ain't that fresh
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) A (DUDUDUDU) A* (DUDUDUDU)
I don't need your civil war
[Intro]
[Verse 3]
Em (D D UUD D du)
Look at the shoes you're filling
G (D D UUD D du)
Look at the blood we're spilling
Em (D D UUD D du)
Look at the world we're killing
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU)
The way we've always done before
Em (D D UUD D du)
Look in the doubt we've wallowed
G (D D UUD D du)
Look at the leaders we've followed
Em (D D UUD D du)
Look at the lies we've swallowed
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) A (DUDUDUDU DUDUDUDU DUDUDUDU DUDUDUDU)
And I don't want to hear no more
[Verse 4]
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B|-2-----3-----5-----|
G|-2-----2-----2-----|
D|-2-----2-----2-----|
A|-0-----0-----0-----|
E|-x-----x-----x-----|
A A* A**
Em (D D UUD D du)
My hands are tied
G (D D UUD D du)
For all I've seen has changed my mind
Em (D D UUD D du)
But still the wars go on as the years go by
G (D D UUD D du)
With no love of God or human rights
Em (D D UUD D du)
'Cause all these dreams are swept aside
G (D D UUD D du)
By bloody hands of the hypnotized
Em (D D UUD D du)
Who carry the cross of homicide
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) A (DUDUDUDU DUDUDUDU) A* (DUDUDUDU) A** (DUDUDUDU)
And history bears the scars of our civil wars
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) Em (D D UUD DUDU)
And I don't need your civil war
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) Em (D D DU) C (DUDU) Dsus2 (DUDU)
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) Em (D D UUD DUDU)
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers in a human grocery store ain't that fresh
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) Em (D D DU) C (DUDU) Dsus2 (DUDU)
I don't need your civil war
(D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) Em (D D DU) C (DUDU) Dsus2 (DUDU)
I don't need your civil war
(D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) Em (D D DU) C (DUDU) Dsus2 (DUDU)
I don't need your civil war
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) Em (D D UUD DUDU)
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers in a human grocery store ain't that fresh
G (D D DU) D/F# (D D DU) Em (D D DU) C (DUDU) Dsus2 (DUDU) G (D)
I don't need your civil war
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