• Song:

    Honey I Was Right About The War

  • Artist:

    Smoke Or Fire

  • Album:

    The Speakeasy

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               Honey, I Was Right About The War - Smoke or Fire
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Tabbed By: Michael Hanns 
E-mail: savehaanzfromwork@gmail.com

Tuning: EADGBE (Standard)

Great acoustic anthem from 'The Speakeasy'
Comments/suggestions/criticism welcome and encouraged.

Chords are the same throughout the whole song except at the end.
Timing is slightly different every other time you play the 4 chord progression.

Intro: G, Em, C, D

GEight (320003@1)years ago on a summers night
       EmOn (022000@1)the streets of L.A. was our first fight
C (x32010@1)                                DTurned (xx0232@1)out to be the first of many more
GThe (320003@1)country was all in up rise
EmWho (022000@1)the blame and who to fight
       C (x32010@1)           DWho (xx0232@1)to kill and bomb
              GTo (320003@1)settle the score

GYou (320003@1)said "My love, at times like these
EmYou (022000@1)don't dare question the president,"
C (x32010@1)                                      DAnd (xx0232@1)I raised my voice to the girl I most adore
GI (320003@1)said "I know it's hard for you to see
      Em (022000@1)                                          CBut (x32010@1)I will not blindly follow one who blindly leads
   D (xx0232@1)             GNo (320003@1)matter what the cause."

GThree (320003@1)thousand dead in NYC
               Em (022000@1)                        CAnd (x32010@1)now three thousand more across the sea
                        DNo-one (xx0232@1)can tell me what for
GAnd (320003@1)I'm not one to say I told you so
    EmBut (022000@1)time has passed, and now we know
     C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)             GThat (320003@1)honey, I was right about the war

Em (let ring)
Rich man's chess game is called "a war"
C(let (x32010@1)ring)                                D(let (xx0232@1)ring)
And the pawns they use are named "the poor"
And no-one ever wins
GAnd (320003@1)I say for shame on anyone
EmWho (022000@1)orders young men to shoot a gun
          C (x32010@1)                                 DFor (xx0232@1)these gods you all kill and die so easily for

GMy (320003@1)dear, the end is coming soon
    EmNot (022000@1)for the Earth, but for me and you
    C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)                 GAnd (320003@1)every other soul who shares the world
       C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)              GKill (320003@1)a million men, but ideas will still endure
C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)                GPeople (320003@1)were not meant to shoot for sport
C (let ring)      D (let ring)    G (let ring)
God dammit, I was right about the war
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