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Post War Blues - Dan Mangan
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Standard tuning, Capo on 5th fret if using Dan's chord construction.
Most chords are finger picked with thumb striking root note on 1st and 3rd beat
and fingers strumming higher notes on 2nd and 4th beats.
Listen to the song for a better feel, this video has him playing acoustically:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16z4-SSFeo0
Chords with an * are strummed rather than finger picked.
This is how Dan plays the chords, standard construction works just as well:
D 10 9 12 11 x x
A 6 7 11 9 x x
Bm 7 9 9 7 7 7
G x 10 12 12 12
D
Let's start a war for the kids
A
A purpose for which to unite
D
Make them some words they can mince
G* D A
What they don't know, They won't mind
D
Find them a foe for the fight
A
And stories to tell as they age
D
Then maybe time will decide
G* D A
Which ones keep and which ones fade
Chorus:
Bm * D
There's the deepest sleep in my life,
Bm* D
from which I am slowly coming to
A* Bm*
And every morning I wait for the news
A*
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
