Dan Mangan – Post War Blues (Guitar)
Capo 5
• Video Lesson
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Most chords are finger picked with thumb striking root note on 1st and 3rd beat
and fingers strumming higher notes on 2nd and 4th beats.
Listen to the song for a better feel, this video has him playing acoustically:
Chords with an * are strummed rather than finger picked.
This is how Dan plays the chords, standard construction works just as well:
D 10 9 12 11 x x
A 6 7 11 9 x x
Bm 7 9 9 7 7 7
G x 10 12 12 12
D Let's start a war for the kids A A purpose for which to unite D Make them some words they can mince G* D A What they don't know, They won't mind D Find them a foe for the fight A And stories to tell as they age D Then maybe time will decide G* D A Which ones keep and which ones fade
Chorus:
Bm * D There's the deepest sleep in my life, Bm* D from which I am slowly coming to A* Bm* And every morning I wait for the news A* oh this is, this is post war blues
guitar solo
Make me a means to an end
Oh make me an ending in sight
Make me insightful again
What I can't see, I can't fight
Make me a fire to burn
burn all the letters I wrote
write me a list of concerns
If we are at peace
If we are at ease
I want to know
Chorus:
There's the deepest sleep in my life
from which I am slowly coming to
And every morning I wait for the news
Oh this is, this is post war blues
Oh this is, this is post war blues