Thursday War All The Time Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com Key: C Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: F - 133211 G - 320003 Am - x02210 Em - 022000 Dm - xx0231 C - x32010 G/B - x2x003 Intro: F--G-Em-Am--G/B-C Verse 1: F G Em Standing on the edge of Am the palisades cliffs In the shadow of the F G Em skyline very far away Am Dm A lightning rod that couldn?t pull the storm from me F G I was 5 years old my best Am friends older brother died G He fell from these cliffs F The river washed him away the G Em current pulled him downstream Am And our lives float in the Dm F headlines so we parked Em these cars Parent?s garage Am Listen to the lullaby G F(hold) Of Carbon Monoxide Chorus 1: F G Em Am War all of the time G/B C F In the shadow of the New York skyline G Em Am We grew up too fast falling apart G/B C F Like the ashes of American flags G The sun doesn?t rise Em We replaced it with Am an h-bomb explosion Dm F A painted jail cell of blood in Em the sky like Three Mile Island Am Nightmares on TV they G used to sing us to sleep F Em They burn on and on like an oil field Am Dm Or a memory of what it felt like F Em To burn on and on and not just fade away Am All those nights in the basement G the kids are still screaming F(Hold) On and on and on and on Chorus 2: F G Em Am War all of the time G/B C F In the shadow of the New York skyline G Em Am We grew up too fast falling apart G/B C F Like the ashes of American flags Verse 2: C Em Am Dm And we?re blowing in the wind F C We don?t know where to land Am Dm So we kiss like little kids F C We used to be very tall buildings Em Am Dm We?ve been falling for so long F Now your eyes follow the C Em sign on the edge of town Am They offer a welcome G F(hold) when you are leaving (Repeat Chorus 2) Verse 3: G The pieces fall it?s Am like a last day parade C And the fires in our F streets start to rage G so wave, to the people Em Am that long to wave back G/B C from the fabric of a flag F G Em Am G/B C F(hold) that sang "love all of the time" Interlude: F--Am-- Outro: F War all the time G War all the time Am All of the time F War all the time G War all the time Am All of the time All of the time F G Am War all of the time F G Am War all of the time F G Am War all of the time F(hold) all of the time