Nanci Griffith – Big Blue Ball Of War (Guitar)

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[Intro] G D C G D G [Verse 1]
            C                      D
In nineteen-fourteen this ball was at war

             G       C          G  C
It went from Belgium on through Ireland

    G      C         D
The Congo, then back home

              C                       D
This big blue ball of war spun on its own

         G    C     G        C
Spinning history in lines of blood

    G     C         D
Yet not a soul fell off
[Chorus]
                G
And we all ride on (we all ride)

     Bm
This big blue ball of war

           C                   G
Souls with tickets through the veil

            D
We all ride on

            G
We all ride on (we all ride)

     Bm
This big blue ball of war

             C               G
We choose to spin around and ride

              D       G
This big blue ball of war
[Verse 2]
         C                      D
Almost a century, the blood has flowed

                 G      C      G          C
We've killed our men of peace around this ball

      G        C          D
And refused to hear their ghosts

             C                     D
We spend our destinies in deeds of hate

  G   C   G        C
Humanity upon this ball

   G             C         D
Is just a bloody fall from grace
[Chorus]
                G
And we all ride on (we all ride)

     Bm
This big blue ball of war

           C                   G
Souls with tickets through the veil

            D
We all ride on

            G
We all ride on (we all ride)

     Bm
This big blue ball of war

             C               G
We choose to spin around and ride

              D       G
This big blue ball of war
[Interlude] G Bm C G D G [Verse 3]
       C                         D
A reformation just might save us all

           G    C      G    C
A voice of harmony and open heart

          G     C         D
Where the women teach the song

             C                       D
These men of evil deed can be proven wrong

               G       C       G       C
The ball could spin if we join hand to hand

   G     C          D
So not a soul falls off
[Chorus]
                G
And we all ride on (we all ride)

     Bm
This big blue ball of war

           C                   G
Souls with tickets through the veil

               D
We'll all ride on

               G
We'll all ride on (we all ride)

     Bm
This big blue ball of war

             C               G
We choose to spin around and ride

              D       G
This big blue ball of war
[Outro]
             C               G
We choose to spin around and ride

              D       G C C G
This big blue ball of war