The Great War

My knuckles were [Em]bruised like violets

[G]...Sucker punching [D]walls cursed you as I sleep talked

Spineless in my [Em]tomb of silence

[G]...Tore your banners [D]down took the battle underground

And maybe it was [Em]egos swinging [G]...Maybe it was [D]her

Flashes of the [Em]battle come back to me in a [G]blur [D]

 

All that [C]bloodshed crimson clover Uh [G]huh, sweet dream was over

My [Em]hand was the one you reached [D]for all throughout the Great [C]War

Always remember, uh [G]huhtears on the letter

I [Em]vowed not to cry any[D]more If we survived the Great [C]War [G]

 

You drew up some [Em]good faith treaties

[G]I drew curtains [D]closed drank my poison all alone

You said I have to [Em]trust more freely

[G]But diesel is de[D]sire you were playing with fire

And maybe it’s the [Em]past that’s talking [G]...Screaming from the [D]crypt

Telling me to [Em]punish you for things you never [G]did [D]so I justified it

 

All that [C]bloodshed crimson clover Uh [G]huh, sweet dream was over

My [Em]hand was the one you reached [D]for all throughout the Great [C]War

Always remember, uh [G]huhtears on the letter

I [Em]vowed not to cry any[D]more If we survived the Great [C]War [G]

Uh [Em]huh, uh [G]huh [D]

 

[Am]...It turned into [G]something bigger

[Em]Somewhere in the [D]haze got a sense I’d been betrayed

[Am]...Your finger on my [G]hairpin triggers

[Em]Soldier down On that icy ground Looked [D]up at me with honor and [Em]truth

Broken and [G]blue so I called off the [Em]troops

That was the [D]night I nearly [Am]lost you

[G]I really thought I’d [Em]lost you [D]

 

We can plant a [Em]memory garden [G]...say a solemn [D]prayer place a poppy in my hair

There’s no morning [Em]glory It was war it wasn’t [G]fair

And [D]we will never go back to that

 

[C]bloodshed crimson clover Uh [G]huh, sweet dream was over

My [Em]hand was the one you reached [D]for all throughout the Great [C]War

Always remember, uh [G]huhtears on the letter

I [Em]vowed not to cry any[D]more If we survived the Great [C]War [G]

Uh [Em]huh, I will always be [D]yours Cause we survived the Great [C]War

Uh [G]huh uh [Em]huh I [D]vowed I will always be yours