Standard tuning, Capo on 5th fret if using Dan's chord construction. 

This is how Dan plays the chords, standard construction works just as well:
D5  10 9  12 11 x  x
A5  6  7  11 9  x  x
B5 7  9  9  7  7  7 
G5  x  10 12 12 12 

D5
Let's start a war for the kids 
A5
A purpose for which to unite 
D5
Make them some words they can mince 
G5 *               D5                A5
What they don't know, They won't mind 

D5
Find them a foe for the fight 
A5
And stories to tell as they age 
D5
Then maybe time will decide 
G5 *             D5                A5
Which ones keep and which ones fade 

Chorus: 
B5 *                             D5
There's the deepest sleep in my life, 
B5 *                            D5
from which I am slowly coming to 
A5 *                  B5 *
And every morning I wait for the news 
A5 *
oh this is, this is post war blues 

guitar solo 

Make me a means to an end 
Oh make me an ending in sight 
Make me insightful again 
What I can't see, I can't fight 

Make me a fire to burn 
burn all the letters I wrote 
write me a list of concerns 
If we are at peace 
If we are at ease 
I want to know 

Chorus: 
There's the deepest sleep in my life 
from which I am slowly coming to 
And every morning I wait for the news 
Oh this is, this is post war blues 

Oh this is, this is post war blues