Life During Wartime Chords by Talking Heads

[Intro]
Cmaj7 Am G Gbm7 Am F G Am
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G Gbm7 Em7 Dm7 A7 Em7 A7
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[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
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Am Am7 A7
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[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
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[Solo]
Am7 A7 Am Am7 Em A7 Am7 A7
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Am7 Am A7 Am7 A7 Am7 A7 Am7
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Am Em Em7 Em Em7 A7 D D7
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[Outro]