Tabbed by: Don Tago


Standard Tuning


Intro: [ F#5 - Ab5 - A5 ] x4


Verse 1:
F#5  Ab5         A5    F#5  Ab5       A5
        Come the war,       come the avarice
F#5  Ab5         A5          F#5  Ab5  A5        
        Come the war, come how?
F#5  Ab5       A5       F#5  Ab5         A5
        Come attrition,        come the reek of bones
F#5  Ab5       A5              F#5  Ab5  A5
        Come attrition, come how?


Chorus 1:
A5             E5          F#5         D5
  This is why,  why we fight, why we lie awake
A5             E5         F#5           D5
  This is why,  this is why we fight
A5                 E5             F#5          D5
  And when we die,   we will die,   with our arms unbound
A5             E5                 F#5   D5             F#5 Ab5  A5    F#5 Ab5  A5    
  This is why,   this is why we fight,    come how?


Verse 2: [use verse 1 chords]
Right of quiet, writer on quiet vein
Right of quiet, right of how
Come the arches, come the infant cheek
Come the arches of how


Chorus 2: [use chorus 1 chords]
This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake  
This is why, this is why we fight
And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound  
This is why, this is why we fight, come how, come how?


Interlude: [ F#5 - Ab5 - A5 ] x4


Chorus 3: [use chorus 1 chords]
This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake  
This is why, this is why we fight
And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound  
This is why, this is why we fight


Chorus 4: [use chorus 1 chords]
So come to me, come to me now
Lay your arms around me
This is why, this is why we fight 
Come how, come how, come how, come how?