The Crane Wives – Take Me To War (Ukulele)

              Am     E   Am    E
I've earned myself a reputation

        C            G             C    G
That my bark is much worse than my bite

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But I keep snapping at Goliath's hands

     Am             E
With all of my tiny might

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There are no stones at my disposal

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There's no God to award me a crown

         F      G#
But I am always swinging at

    Am                 E
Somebody I can't knock down

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All of the fire I've swallowed

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All of the sparks that went dark in my gut

     G#     G       Am   E
I am always burning up

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Dress me in red and throw your roses

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And I'll rankle the beasts with words

       F                  G#
It's a graceless dance of epithets

   Am                    C
We learn to make someone hurt

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They will consume your sweet resistance

            C           G             C    G
And they'll carry your heart in their teeth

         F       G#
But I am always feeding them

    Am               E
The ugliest parts of me

           Dm         Am
All of the words I've swallowed

             E                          F
All of the sharp things I've kept in my mouth

     G#     G        Am   E
I am always bleeding out

           C
Take me to war

                  Am
Honey, I dare you

            C
I'll be the sweetest thing

              Am
To ever scare you

          F               Am
Give me a fight I can't resist

            E                       F
Give me something to break with my fists

           G#
Take me to war

    G                  Am  E
Oh, honey, I dare you

            Am     E         Am    E
I watched a weed usurp the garden

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And it poisoned the rest of the crops

              F                G#
It would take days of fighting stubborn roots

   Am                        E
To tear the whole damn thing out

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So I will leave it where it's standing

       C            G         C    G
And instead I will find me a match

             F      G#
I'll turn it all to kindling

     Am                  E
I'll burn it all down to ash

           Dm       Am
All of the ire I've swallowed

           E                          F
All of the coals that still sit in my gut

     G#    G        Am   E
I am always burning up

           C
Take me to war

                  Am
Honey, I dare you

            C
I'll be the sweetest thing

              Am
To ever scare you

          F                Am
Give me a fight I can't resist

            E                       F
Give me something to break with my fists

           G#
Take me to war

    G               Am   E
Oh, honey, I dare you

           Am    E   C
Take me to war

           Am    E   C
Take me to war

           Am    E   C
Take me to war

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Take me to war