Jesse Welles – The Department Of War (Guitar)
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As recorded by Jesse Welles
(2025 release)
This song has a non-standard frequency tuning of 448Hz.
Jesse alternates the C-shaped D chord with a Dadd4/A chord all the time:
D x5403x
Dadd4/A 50403x
[Verse 1]
D Well, there's a bloated inefficient bureaucratic mass D Run by a mediocre soldier quasi-general ass G A diabolical office of death and waste D Run by a weekend anchor with a desperate rage A It's a big black hole, a trillion dollars deep G Funneling money to the Pentagon welfare queens D You got your Lockheed Martin, Raytheon (RTX), Boeing A Northrop Grumman and the list keeps going
[Verse 2]
D Now, a government contract keeps the salary high D The quality low, the competition light G G7 If DOGE looked funny, what did you expect? D Elon was getting a check for the old SpaceX A They're making tanks and guns, software to spy G N.C. You know, a Tomahawk missile's just a Werther's Original
N.C.
For an empire in decline
D Murdering people from a distance with a Hellfire rocket D Quarter million bucks a pop out of the people's pocket G Folks back home are sick, getting sicker D Hey Pete, bomb the poor in the south, it'd be a whole lot quicker A If you're feeling inadequate, a little bit small G Give your big boy order, kill them all kill them all
[Chorus]
D The DOD, the DOW, you can call it whatever you want D War is a racket, no matter how you stack it A Making treasure and gold out of poor man's blood
[Verse 3]
D Revolving doors, campaign contributions D Writing congressmen checks for policy influence G G And if you lose your seat, buddy don't get blue G The lobby that bought you's got an office for you A They appeal to your morals, appeal to your fears G Say folks far away are a threat to you here D There's a malignant tumor in our nation's guts A Our own department of defense is a threat to us
[Chorus]
D The DOD, the DOW, you can call it whatever you want D War is a racket, no matter how you stack it A Making treasure and gold out of poor man's blood
[Outro]
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