NOW I'M LEARNING TO LOVE THE WAR - FATHER JOHN MISTY
Tabbed By Barry Miles
Tuning: 1 Step Down (DGCFAD)
Intro (Fade in):
F Am G C
Oh-ho-oh... Oh-ho-oh...
Keyboard riff:
d|-----------|
A|-1h0-------|
F|-----2h0---|
C|---------2-|
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
Verse:
C
Try not to think so much about
C G
The truly staggering amount
G7 Am
Of oil that it takes to make a record
D7/F#
All the shipping, the vinyl, the cellophane lining
G
The high gloss
G7
The tape and the gear
C
Try not to become too consumed
C G
With what's a criminal volume
G7 Am
Of oil that it takes to paint a portrait
D7/F#
The acrylic, the varnish
G
Aluminum tubes filled with latex
G7
The solvents and dye, Oh-ho-oh...
Chorus:
Am D7/F# G* (G7 Gb6 G6 G)
Lets just call this what it is
*Incorporate this run into your G chord:
d|----------------|
A|----------------|
F|-0-0------------|
C|-----3-3-2-1-0--|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
C E7 Am
The jealous side of mankind's death wish
Am/G D7/F#
When it's my time to go
G G7
Gonna leave behind things that won't decompose
C (with keyboard riff)
Verse:
C
Try not to dwell so much upon
C G
How it won't be so very long
G7 Am
From now that they laugh at us for selling
D7/F# G
A bunch of 15 year olds made from dinosaur bones singing "oh yeah"
G7
Again and again
Right up to the end
Chorus:
Am D7/F# G* (G7 Gb6 G6 G)
Lets just call this what it is
C E7 Am
The jealous side of mankind's death wish
Am/G D7/F#
When it's my time to go
G G7 C
Gonna leave behind things that won't decompose
E7
Oh-ho-oh..
Am D7/F# G* (G7 Gb6 G6 G)
I'll just call this what it is
C E7 Am
My vanity gone wild with my crisis
Am/G D7/F#
One day this will all repeat
G G7
Now sure hope they make something useful out of me
End