The War
Ordinary Elephant
Bb
(início)
F Eb Bb Cm Bb Eb F
Verse 1
Bb F I don’t smell your bourbon today Eb Bb Just car exhaust and a drizzle on the dirt Cm Bb Waiting on the city bus Eb F At Constitution and 21st Bb F A kid sits down with his face to his phone Eb Bb If you were here I can just hear what you’d say Cm Bb “Try being 19 in ‘69 boy” Eb F Spitting Sunny Brook right in his face
Chorus
Dm Eb You shot ‘em down in ‘73 Bb F The war was all but over Dm Eb Took a month to make it home Bb F And six more before you could hold her Cm Gm Somewhere on these city streets Eb Bb You lost your will and your composure Cm F Bb The war is anything but over
Verse 2
Bb F You’d take me once a week to walk that wall Eb Bb That does not bear your name Cm Bb Relive the war, relive the return Eb F To the girl who never took your name Bb F As far as I can tell Eb Bb That was the only thing she didn’t take Cm Bb The girl and the war always left me Eb F Not knowing what to say
Chorus
Dm Eb You shot ‘em down in ‘73 Bb F The war was all but over Dm Eb Took a month to make it home Bb F And six more before you could hold her Cm Gm Somewhere on these city streets Eb Bb You lost your will and your composure Cm F Bb The war is anything but over Fb F Eb Bb Cm Bb Eb F
Verse 3
Bb F Haven’t seen you around in a spell Eb Bb I hear you’re drying out, and raising hell Cm Bb A friend locked you in at the Stardust Eb F Poor man’s rehab is a cheap motel, cause Bb F Sometimes an outsider knows what you need Eb Bb Better than anyone you’ve ever tried to be Cm Bb No one picks a fight they think they would lose Eb F But some battles you don’t get to choose
Chorus
Dm Eb You shot ‘em down in ‘73 Bb F The war was all but over Dm Eb Took a month to make it home Bb F And six more before you could hold her Cm Gm Somewhere on these city streets Eb Bb You lost your will and your composure Cm F Bb The war is anything but over
Outro
Cm F Bb The war is anything but over
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