NOW I'M LEARNING TO LOVE THE WAR – FATHER JOHN MISTY
Tabbed By Barry Miles


Tuning: 1 Step Down (DGCFAD)

Intro (Fade in):
      F     Am       G            C
Oh–ho–oh...            Oh–ho–oh...

Keyboard riff:
d|–––––––––––|
A|–1h0–––––––|
F|–––––2h0–––|
C|–––––––––2–|
G|–––––––––––|
D|–––––––––––|

Verse:
C
Try not to think so much about
C                     G
The truly staggering amount 
   G7                          Am
Of oil that it takes to make a record
        D7/F#
All the shipping, the vinyl, the cellophane lining
    G         
The high gloss
                 G7
The tape and the gear
C
Try not to become too consumed
C                        G
With what's a criminal volume 
   G7                           Am
Of oil that it takes to paint a portrait
     D7/F#
The acrylic, the varnish
                           G
Aluminum tubes filled with latex
                 G7
The solvents and dye, Oh–ho–oh...

Chorus:
Am                  D7/F#   G*  (G7  Gb6 G6 G)
Lets just call this what it is

*Incorporate this run into your G chord:
d|––––––––––––––––|
A|––––––––––––––––|
F|–0–0––––––––––––|
C|–––––3–3–2–1–0––|
G|––––––––––––––––|
D|––––––––––––––––|

    C               E7              Am
The jealous side of mankind's death wish
Am/G                   D7/F#
  When it's my time to go
      G                        G7
Gonna leave behind things that won't decompose

C   (with keyboard riff)

Verse:
C
Try not to dwell so much upon
C                       G
How it won't be so very long 
     G7                            Am
From now that they laugh at us for selling
           D7/F#                                          G
A bunch of 15 year olds made from dinosaur bones singing "oh yeah"
          G7
Again and again

Right up to the end

Chorus:
Am                  D7/F#   G*  (G7  Gb6 G6 G)
Lets just call this what it is
    C               E7              Am
The jealous side of mankind's death wish
Am/G                   D7/F#
  When it's my time to go
      G                        G7         C
Gonna leave behind things that won't decompose
E7
Oh–ho–oh..
Am                  D7/F#   G*  (G7  Gb6 G6 G)
I'll just call this what it is
   C           E7              Am
My vanity gone wild with my crisis
Am/G                       D7/F#
   One day this will all repeat
              G                   G7
Now sure hope they make something useful out of me

End