The Decemberists – When The War Came (Guitar)

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INTRO Bsus2 VERSE 1 With all the grain of Babylon To cultivate, To make us strong And hidden here behind the walls Are shoulders wide and timber on
         Asus2
Till the war came

         Bsus2
Till the war came
VERSE 2 A terrible autonomy Is grafted onto you and me A trust put in the governments Who told their lies as heaven sent
         Asus2
Till the war came

         Bsus2
Till the war came
CHORUS
        G               Asus2                 Bsus2
And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul

        G                     Asus2                 Bsus2
And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball

            G                 A     Em             G
And they're picking out our eyes by cold and candlelight

         G
When the war came

    Asus2           Bsus2
The war came hard
VERSE 3 We made our oaths to Vavilov We'd not betray the solanum The acres of asteraceae To our own pangs of starvation
Asus2
When the war came

Bsus2
When the war came
CHORUS
        G               Asus2                 Bsus2
And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul

        G                     Asus2                 Bsus2
And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball

            G                 A     Em             G
And they're picking out our eyes by cold and candlelight

         G
When the war came
Asus Bssu2 The war came hard OUTRO With all the grain of Babylon With all the grain of Babylon