Neil Young – Love And War (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
   Am      E        Am          E              Am
e|-------|--------|------------|-0-1-0----------|
B|-------|--------|----1-3-1-0-|--------3--1--0-|
G|-------|--------|------------|----------------|
D|-------|--------|------------|----------------|
A|—------|--------|------------|----------------|
E|-------|--------|------------|----------------|
[Verse]
Am                E
When I sing about love and war,

                             Am
I don't really know what I'm saying.

                          E
I've been in love and I've seen a lot of war,

                     Am
seen a lot of people prayin'.

                            E
They pray to Allah and they pray to the lord,

                           Am
and mostly they pray about love and war.

   C             G            D        Am
e|------------|-------------|--------|--------|
B|------------|-------------|--------|--------|
G|------------|-------------|--------|--------|
D|------0-2-0-|-----------0-|--------|--------|
A|-3-3--------|-------0-2---|--------|--------|
E|------------|-0h3-3-------|-2------|--------|

C                   G
Pray about love and war,

G                  D7/F#
Pray about love and war,

Am                      E
Seen a lot of young men go to war,

                               Am
and leave a lot of young brides waiting.

                          E
I've watched them try to explain it to their kids,

                  Am
Seen a lot of them failing.

                              E
They try to tell them and they try to explain,

                         Am
why daddy won't ever come home again.

   C              G               D       Am
e|--------------|---------------|-------|-------|
B|--------------|---------------|-------|-------|
G|--------------|---------------|-------|-------|
D|-----0-2--0---|------------0--|-------|-------|
A|-3-3----------|-------0-2-----|-------|-------|
E|--------------|-0h3-3---------|-2-----|-------|

C                     G
Daddy won't ever come home,

G                     D7/F#   Am
Daddy won't ever come home,

Am                               E
I've said a lot of things that I can't take back,

                            Am
but I don't really know if I want to.

                                    E
I've sung songs about love I've sung songs about war,

                            Am
since the backstreets of Toronto

                         E
I sang for justice and I hit a bad chord,

                             Am
but I still try to sing about love and war.

   C             G            D       Am
e|------------|-------------|-------|--------|
B|------------|-------------|-------|--------|
G|------------|-------------|-------|--------|
D|------0-2-0-|-----------0-|-------|--------|
A|-3-3--------|-------0-2---|-------|--------|
E|------------|-0h3-3-------|-2-----|--------|

    Am            E              Am
e|--0-0-0-0---------|---------------|
B|--1-1-1-1-3-1-1-0-|--0-1-3-1-0----|
G|----------4-2-2-1-|------------2--|
D|------------------|---------------|
A|------------------|---------------|
E|------------------|---------------|

    E               Am            E           Am
e|----------|------|-000100------|-0-1-0---------|
B|----------|------|-------3-1-0-|-------3-1-0---|
G|----------|------|-------------|-------------2-|
D|----------|------|-------------|---------------|
A|----------|------|-------------|---------------|
E|-00000010-|-0010-|-------------|---------------|

   C           G                  D     Am
e|-----------------|------------------|--------|
B|-----------------|------------------|--------|
G|-----------------|------------------|--------|
D|-------0--2--0---|------------0-----|--------|
A|-3--3------------|-------0-2--------|--------|
E|-----------------|-0h3-3--------2---|--------|

Am                   E
Saddest thing in the whole wide world,

                              Am
is to break the heart of your lover.

                       E
I made a mistake and I did it again,

                   Am
and we struggle to recover.

                       E
I sang in anger, hit another bad chord,

                              Am
but I still try to sing about love and war

   C                  G                D     Am
e|-----------------|-----------------------|--------|
B|-----------------|-----------------------|--------|
G|-----------------|-----------------------|--------|
D|-------0--2--0---|----------------0------|--------|
A|-3--3------------|----------0--2---------|--------|
E|-----------------|--0h3--3-----------2---|--------|

C                   G
Sing about love and war,

G                  D7/F#
Sing about love and war,

Am
love and war.

   Am                E                 Am
e|------------------------|----------------|
B|----------------1-0-----|-0-0-0-0-1-0----|
G|------2-2-2---2-----1---|-------------2--|
D|--2-2-------2---------2-|----------------|
A|------------------------|----------------|
E|------------------------|----------------|

    Am               E                                      Am
e|-0-0-0-0------------|---------|0-0-0-1-3-1-0-0|0-1-0---------|
B|-1-1-1-1-3-1-1s3-1-0|---------|---------------|------3-1-0-1-|
G|---------4-2-2s4-2-1|---------|---------------|--------------|
D|--------------------|---------|---------------|--------------|
A|--------------------|---------|---------------|--------------|
E|--------------------|0-0-0-1-0|---------------|--------------|

    C                 G                 D     Am
e|------------------|-----------------------|-------|
B|------------------|-----------------------|-------|
G|------------------|-----------------------|-------|
D|--------0--2--0---|----------------0------|-------|
A|--3--3------------|----------0--2---------|-------|
E|------------------|--0h3--3-----------2---|-------|

Am                E
When I sing about love and war,

                             Am
I don't really know what I'm saying.

                          E
I've been in love and I've seen a lot of war,

                     Am
seen a lot of people prayin'.

                            E
They pray to Allah and they pray to the Lord,

                           Am
and mostly they pray about love and war.

C                    G
Pray about love and war,

G                  D7/F#
Pray about love and war,

Am                     Am
love and war. . .