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 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro]