Alicia Keys – Holy War (Guitar)

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Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus -- barre chords to match recording ---------- ------------- ---------- (or use easier-to-play open chords) C x355xx F 1332xx Am 5775xx F 1332xx G 3554xx C x3555x Am 57755x G#dim 4564xx F 1332xx G 3554xx Am 5775xx G 3554xx [Intro]
     C        F        Am             C        F        Am       G 
e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------5--|--------------------------------------|
G|---------5--------2--------5-----|--------5--------2--------5--------4--|
D|------5--------3--------7--------|-----5--------3--------7--------5-----| x2
A|---3-----------------------------|--3-----------------------------------|
E|------------1--------5-----------|-----------1--------5--------3--------|
[Verse 1]
          C    F  Am
If war is holy 

             C     F  Am  G
And sex is obscene

             C       F  Am
We've got it twisted

              C     F  Am  G
In this lucid dream

            C          F  Am
Baptized in boundaries

            C   F  Am  G
Schooled in sin

           C          F  Am
Divided by difference

              C    F  Am  G
Sexuality and skin
[Pre-Chorus 1]
              F          
Oh, so we can hate each other and fear each other

       G
We can build these walls between each other

      G#dim
Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick

         Am
Keep yourself locked in, yourself locked in

             F
Yeah, we can hate each other and fear each other

       G
We can build these walls between each other

      G#dim
Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick

         Am
Keep yourself locked in, yourself locked
[Chorus 1]
     Am      C                       F  Am  G
Oh-oh, maybe we should love somebody

     Am      C                           F  Am  G
Oh-oh, maybe we could care a little more

  Am      C                       F  Am  G
So, maybe we should love somebody

          Am    C                           F  Am  G
Instead of, polishing the bombs of holy war
[Verse 2]
                C    F  Am
What if sex was holy

              C     F  Am  G
And war was obscene

              C       F  Am
And it wasn't twisted

                 C     F  Am  G
What a wonderful dream

           C    F  Am
Living for love

                C   F  Am  G
Unafraid of the end

                   C    F  Am
Forgiveness is the only

       C     F  Am  G
Real revenge
[Pre-Chorus 2]
              F
Oh, so we can heal each other and fill each other

       G
We can break these walls between each other

      G#dim
Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick

         Am
Keep yourself open, yourself open

             F
Yeah, we can heal each other and fill each other

       G
We can break these walls between each other

      G#dim
Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick

         Am
Keep yourself open, yourself open
[Chorus 2]
  Am      C                       F  Am  G
So, maybe we should love somebody

    Am      C                           F  Am  G
Yeah, maybe we could care a little more

  Am      C                       F  Am  G
So, maybe we should love somebody

          Am    C                           F  Am  G
Instead of, polishing the bombs of holy war
[Verse 3]
                C    F  Am
What if love is holy

           C     F  Am  G
And hate obscene

               C    F  Am
We should give life

                  C     F  Am  G
To this beautiful dream

                C    F  Am
Cause peace and love 

         C   F  Am  G
Ain't so far

                C      F  Am 
If we nurse our wounds

            C    F  Am  G
Before they scar

          C      F  Am  
Nurse our wounds

            C    F  Am  G
Before they scar
[Outro] C F Am
C    F    Am   G
Hmm, hmm, hmm

C    F    Am  
Hmm, hmm, hmm

C    F    Am   G
Hmm, hmm, hmm
C F Am C F Am