Sinéad O'Connor – Drink Before The War (Ukulele)

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Sinead O'Connor (from The Lion and the Cobra)
Am         G                  Am   G
 Well, you tell us that we're wrong

Am           G               Am   G
 You tell us not to sing our song

Am              G                 Am  Em
 Nothing we can say will make you see

Am                     Em                   Am  Em
 You've got a heart of stone, you can never feel

          Am           G                         Am Em
You say, "Oh, I'm not afraid, it can't happen to me

Am             Em        Am      Em
 I've lived my life as a good man

   Am                     G                        Am  Em
Oh no, you're out of your mind, it won't happen to me

F                       G                      F           G
 'Cause I've carried my weight and I've been a strong man"

Am                  G                 Am    G
Oh, I listen to the man in the liquor store

    Am                  G                Am   G
Yelling "Anybody want a drink before the war?"
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Am    G                Am      G
 Your parents paid you through

Am                     G                    Am  G
 You've got a nice big car, nothing bothers you

Am                     G                   Am  Em
 Somebody cut out your eyes, you refuse to see

Am                        Em                   Am   Em
Ah, somebody cut out your heart, you refuse to feel

F                  G     F                    G
 And you live in a shell, you create your own hell

F                G                   Am  G
 You live in the past and talk about war

F                     G
 And you dig your own grave, yeah

F                           G
 When it's a life you could save

F                 G                     Am     G
 So stop getting fussed, it's not gonna happen

        Am                   G
And you cry but you'll never fall

      Am                    G
No no no, you're building a wall

Am               G           Am    Em
 Got to break it down, start again

Am       Em                     Am  Em
 No, no, no, it won't happen to us"

Am               Em                          Am       Em
 We've lived our lives, basically we've been good men

F                   G                         F            G
 So stop talking of war 'cause you know we've heard it all before

F                     G                      Am     G
 Why don't you go out there and do something useful?

Am                       G                 Am    G
Oh, I've listened to the man in the liquor store

    Am                   G                Am   G
Yelling, "Anybody want a drink before the war?"

Am               G                Am  Em
 "Anybody want a drink before the war?"

Am                 Em               Am   Em
Ah, anybody want a drink before the war?

Am    G       Am G
Yeah, yeah...
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