Barbed Wire Love by Stiff Little Fingers

Play this riff for the A E E E sections shown below.

  A              E  E  E
--0------0-------0--0--0--
--2--2-3---3-2---0--0--0--
--2--------------1--1--1--
--2--------------2--2--2--
--0--------------2--2--2--
-----------------0--0--0--

or if you prefer play it like this

  A              E  E  E
--0--------------0--0--0--
--2--2-3-5-3-2---0--0--0--
--2--------------1--1--1--
--2--------------2--2--2--
--0--------------2--2--2--
-----------------0--0--0--

any way take care in the 'barbed wire love' sections on the bridge.

Intro:
A E E E,  A E E E,  A E E E, A D Bm E A D Bm E A D E
A E E E,  A E E E  A

Verse 1
E            D
I met you in no man's land
 A                      E
Across the wire we were holding hands
                D
Hearts a bubble in the rubble
A              Bm         E
It was love at bombsight

Chorus
    A                  D
But all you give me is barbed wire love
Bm               E
All caught up in barbed wire love
A             D
Tangled up in barbed wire love
Bm                E
Throw my leg over barbed wire love
A           D             E
Barbed wire love snags my jeans
            A   E E      E    A
Barbed wire love  Barbed wire love  
E E      E    A
  Barbed wire love

Verse 2
E                  D
When I fell it was awful nice
A                  E
Caught when not suspecting vice
                        D
The night was rife with wasteland life
A            Bm         E  D  E
  You set my arm alight




Chorus (with a sort of 50’s swing feel to it)
A         F#m        D           E
  All you give me is barbed wire love
A            F#m   D           E
  All caught up in barbed wire love
A         F#m   D           E
  Tangled up in barbed wire love
A          F#m      D           E
  Throw my leg over barbed wire love
A             F#m  D     E           A    D    E
  Barbed wire love Oo-oo-oo snags my je - ee – eans

Bridge
D-D-D D-D-D
E-E-E E-E-E

D
Barbed-barbed-barbed barbed wire love
E
Barbed-barbed-barbed barbed wire love
D
Barbed-barbed-barbed barbed wire love
E
Barbed-barbed-barbed barbed-barbed
            A   E E      E    A
Barbed wire love  Barbed wire love
E E      E    A
  Barbed wire love

Verse 3
E               D
Blasted by your booby traps
  A                  E
I felt the blow with both kneecaps
                         D
Your eyes did shine your lips were fine
    A                        Bm
The device in your pants was outa sight
E
But nothing really matters cause...

Chorus
A                   D
But all you give me is barbed wire love
Bm               E
All caught up in barbed wire love
A             D
Tangled up in barbed wire love
Bm                E
Throw my leg over barbed wire love
A           D             E
Barbed wire love snags my jeans
            A   E E      E    A
Barbed wire love  Barbed wire love  
E E      E    A
  Barbed wire love
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