Sonata Arctica – What Did You Do In The War Dad (Guitar)
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Intro:
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Am Am Am E
Am Am Am E
Gm Eb Dad, what did you do in the war? Gm Something to answer for? F You say too young I am to know Gm Eb Dad, I've heard you cry at night Gm Mournful and desperate blight F Where did you learn that song you sing
Gm D Eb Bb
Cm D Eb F
Gm D Eb Bb
Cm D Eb F
Cm Eb "War is in me! I was the war! Gm F And your praying brings back the suffering Cm Eb Gm No, please, don't start to cry Cm Eb I only pray you'll never know Gm F The things I see every time I close my eyes Cm Eb Gm F Angels still have faces" Gm What did you do in the war, dad, tell me Eb Bb F Why can't you smile when the children sing Gm Eb Bb F Did the wages of war cut your soaring wings Gm Eb Bb And your soul is now torn, unlike mine Cm Bb Eb Do you fear yesterday will in someway F Define the life of your child?
Am Am Am E
Am Am Am E
F#m F#m F#m C#
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Gm Eb Dad, I know what you did in the war Gm Deeds devils would abhor F Did you filfil the oath you swore? Gm Eb Dad, did you do it for me? Gm Their blood for my life to live F In the hollow without reprieve, without you Cm Eb "War is in me! I am the war! Gm F Don't you force me to live the nightmare again! Cm Eb Gm Please, don't make my cry Cm Eb My son, you never ever want to know Gm F How when guarding your sleep serene I hear Cm Eb Gm F The silence of the children who sang"
Gm D Eb Bb
Cm D Eb F
Gm D Eb Far and beyond the stars there's Bb Cm A place where all the love, D Eb F All the goodness we could have still resides Gm D Eb Bb But we choose life away from the light Cm D Eb You can find ghosts of loss in the gaze of your F Beautiful child