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Life During Wartime Chords by Talking Heads

  • Key: G
  • BPM: 140
  • Capo: no capo

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LIFE DURING WARTIME CHORDS

[Intro]
Cmaj7 Am G Gbm7 Am F G Am
                 
G Gbm7 Em7 Dm7 A7 Em7 A7
                 


[Verse]
                      Em                 
Heard of a van that's loaded with weapons
A7                       
Packed up and ready to go
A7                                         
Heard of some gravesites out by the highway
                     Am7  
A place where nobody knows
A7                                      
The sound of gunfire off in the distance
                       Am7 Em
I'm getting used to it now  
A7                    Am7              
Lived in a brownstone lived in a ghetto
Am7                          
I've lived all over this town


[Chorus]
E7                                     
This ain't no party this ain't no disco
     E7                     
This ain't no fooling around
E7                               
No time for dancing or loveydovey
E7                           
I ain't got time for that now


[Verse]
Am           Am7     A7                
Transmit the message   to the receiver
     A7                   
Hope for an answer someday
      Am    A7        Am   Am7            
I got three passports   a couple of visas
Am             Am7  Am      G   
You don't even know my real name
Am                 A7  Am                
High on a hillside the trucks are loading
Em                        
Everything's ready to roll
Am G Am           A7      E         E7              
I   sleep in the daytime I work in   the nighttime


[Chorus]
                 E7      
I might not ever get home


[Inst]
Am Am7 A7 Am7 Am Am7 Em7 Am7
                    
Am Am7 A7
      


[Chorus]
E                                      
This ain't no party this ain't no disco
              E7            
This ain't no fooling around
E7                             
This ain't no Mudd Club or CBGB
  E7                         
I ain't got time for that now


[Verse]
A7          Em7     A7 Am          A7     
Heard about Houston   Heard about Detroit
Am          A7         Em Am
Heard about Pittsburgh PA  
A7 Am                                  A7    
  You oughta know not to stand by the window
                    Am   
Somebody see you up there
D7 Am         A7                          
  I got some groceries some peanut butter
                    Am  
To last a couple of days
                                         A7        
But I ain't got no speakers ain't got no headphones
      A7                    
Ain't got no records to play


[Chorus]
E                                         
Why stay in college Why go to night school
                   E7   E   
Gonna be different this time
                     E7 E                     
Can't write a letter   can't send no postcard
  E7    E                     E7
I ain't got time for that now  


[Verse]
A7                                          
Trouble in transit got through the roadblock
   A7                       
We blended in with the crowd
   Am                                A7   
We got computers we're tapping phone lines
  Am        A7         Em     
I know that that ain't allowed
Am                                             
We dress like students we dress like housewives
   Am                 
Or in a suit and a tie
A7 Am7     Em           Am7               Em  Am A7
I  changed my hairstyle    so many times now    
        A7                   
I don't know what I look like
            A7                     
You make me shiver I feel so tender
   A7                     
We make a pretty good team
      A7                                
Don't get exhausted I'll do some driving
A7                             
You ought to get you some sleep


[Chorus]
              Em             A7                
Burned all my notebooks what good are notebooks
Am                 A7     
They won't help me survive
Am7 Am          Am7                        
   My chest is aching burns like a furnace
A7                Am7 Em Am7  
The burning keeps me    alive
Am Am7 Em Am Am7 D7 Am7 Am
                  


[Solo]
Am7 A7 Am Am7 Em A7 Am7 A7
                  
Am7 Am A7 Am7 A7 Am7 A7 Am7
                   
Am Em Em7 Em Em7 A7 D D7
                


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