Artist: The Briggs
Album: Numbers
Song: 3rd World War
Tabber: clark@theoddmenout.com

The Briggs are a great Oi! band and this is an awesome song by them. Saw them at
the Warped Tour and they rocked!!!

*= Mute chord
/= Slide note

Intro:
(Riff 1)
D--7--7--7-5-4-2-|

Chorus 1
D                               G
We'll go home when the battle's over              A----7-5-4-|
D                                      A (Riff 2) E--5-------|
We'll go home, clothes all drenched in blood
D                                   G
This is the life we choose this is how the story goes
A
For those who fight in the 3rd World War

(Riff 3)
e--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G-777777-6/777777-6/777777-6/7777766---|
D-777777-6/777777-6/777777-6/7777766-7-|
A-555555-4/555555-4/555555-4/5555544-7-|
E-------------------------------****-5-|

Verse 1
 D*                                                       G*
It's us against the world today, you know this could go on forever(forever)
D*
Pollute our minds with what they say, you gotta run alone, 
              G*
But I know it ain't so (ain't so)
D*                                                       G*
We can have it our own way, but we gotta learn to work together (together)
D                          D              
I see them capitalizing on other people's woes,
D                             A
I see them on the streets and everywhere I go!

Repeat Chorus 1, Riff 3

Solo:
e----------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------77-88-10-|
G-777777-6777777-6777777-7-99------------|
D----------------------------------------|

e----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------77-88-10-10-99-88-77---------------|
G-6777777-6-77-99----------------------99-77-66-44-2-|
D----------------------------------------------------|

Bridge:
G*                      D*
You try to understand everything we say
A*                      D*
You try to analyze everything we do
G*                      D*
Ask me what it it is that we're fighting for
A
It's for freedom that we fight the 3rd World War

Verse 2:
D*                                                         G*
Living in the world today, I see that things could be much better (better)
D*         
But I'm never gonna give up,
                               G*
Not gonna lay my head down, no never (never)
D*
You live your life for just one day, 
                      G*
The faceless never remembered (remembered)
D                           D
I see them capitalizing on other people's woes
D                             A
I see them on the streets and everywhere i go

Play Chorus 2x with picking the chords softly (I can't hear the exact thing)

Chorus 2 
E                               A
We'll go home when the battle's over       A----9-7-6-|
E                                      B   E--7-------|
We'll go home, clothes all drenched in blood
E                                   A
This is the life we choose this is how the story goes
B
For those who fight in the 3rd World War

Repeat this once and the second time play the solo (variated) one full step higher

End on E

I think this is pretty good.  There are two guitars so I tried iinclude most of
their parts, but I basically did the general idea of it.  Go to www.thebriggs.org
for more info on them and www.theoddmenout.com for info on my band.
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