The Who – Ive Known No War (Guitar)

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From the album ''it's hard'' (1982) [Intro] D5 [Chorus]
              D
I've known no war
And if I ever do I won't know for sure Who'll be fighting whom
         G/D
For the soldiers lonely tomb

    C G                  D A                     F C        D A
Now opens as soon as the referee's gun starts to roar
[Post-Chorus]
               D     G     Am   C
I've known no war

                    D    G    Am   C
No I've never known war
[Verse 1]
     D
Galbraith took his pen

     G
To break down the men

       Am             C
Of the German army defeated

        D
On the nineteenth day

      G
Of a spring day in May

Am                  C
Albert Speer was deleted

        G                      Am
And as soon as the battle was over

       Bm                C
I was born in victorious clover

         D                     Em
And I've never been shot at or gassed

                  F        G
Never tortured or stabbed

         Dm C  D A                    D
And I'm sure,       I'll never know war
[Chorus 2]
G                    D
No, I'll never know war

      G
Oh no no

                        D
I know I'll never know war

         G
And if I ever do
The glimpse will be short
D
Fireball in the sky

   G
No front line battle cries

        C G                   D A
Can be heard as the button is pushed

                      F C     D A
By a soul that's been bought
[Post-Chorus 2]
              D    G     Am     C
I'll know no war........ No!

              D    G     Am     C
I'll know no war
[Verse 2]
       D
In and out of reach loft

      G
The medals are lost

        Am                     C
They belong to a lone broken sailor

        D
His provinces now

         G
Are the bars of the town

     Am                       C
His songs and his poems of failure

          G                           Am
For his grandchildren can't see the glory

         Bm                           C
And his own kids are bored with the story

         D                              Em
But for him they'd have burned behind netting

                         F       G
From the brink they were grabbed

         Dm C  D A                    D
And I'm sure,       I'll never know war
[Chorus 3]
G
  I'll never know war

              D
I've known no war
And if I ever do I won't know for sure Who'll be fighting whom
         G/D
For the soldiers lonely tomb

    C G                  D A                     F C        D A
Now opens as soon as the referee's gun starts to roar

               D
I've known no war
[Interlude] D5 [Chorus]
D   G               D    G
War, I've known no war

                 D
I'll never know war

         G
And if I ever know it
The glimpse will be short
D
Fireball in the sky

   G/D
No front line battle cries

        C G                   D G
Can be heard as the button is pushed

                      F C     D A
By a soul that's been bought

          C G                  D A                     F C
And the armies remaining will judge without people or courts

              C G                     D A                  F C   D A
And there's no point pretending that knowing will help us abort
[Post-chorus]
              D
I'll know no war
[Outro] D5