Life During Wartime Chords by Talking Heads

[Intro]
Cmaj7 G Am G D Am F C
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G Am G Gbm7 Em7 Dm7 G7 A7
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[Verse]
A7                                       
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
            A7            
I'm getting used to it now
G            Am7        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]
A7 Am                   A7             
■  Transmit the message to the receiver
                   A7     
Hope for an answer someday
                      Am7                  
I got three passports ■   a couple of visas
Am             Am7          G   
You don't even know my real name
Am7                    A7            Am7    
High on a hillside the ■  trucks are loading
E                     Am  
Everything's ready to roll
  G Am           A7      E7 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 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                     Am    A7           
■  Heard about Houston Heard about Detroit
                       E  Am
Heard about Pittsburgh PA ■ 
                                    Am7   
You oughta know not to stand by the window
A7                  Am   
Somebody see you up there
A7 Am                 A7                
I  got some groceries some peanut butter
                    Am  
To last a couple of days
Am7   A7    Am     A7       Am                     
But I ain't got no speakers ain't got no headphones
      Am7                       
Ain't ■   got no records to play


[Chorus]
E7          E                             
Why stay in college Why go to night school
                   E7   E E7  
Gonna be different this ■ time
E                                          
Can't write a letter can't send no postcard
            E7 E                
I ain't got ■  time for that now
           E7      Am A7                          
Trouble in transit ■  ■  got through the roadblock


[Verse]
                       A7   
We blended in with the crowd
Am                  A7    Am            A7   
■  We got computers we're tapping phone lines
                       E      
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 E                                  Am 
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]
                        A7                     
Burned all my notebooks what good are notebooks
                   A7     
They won't help me survive
            Am7                        
My chest is aching burns like a furnace
A7                        
The burning keeps me alive
Am7 E Am7 Am A7 E Am7 D7
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[Solo]
Am7 G Am7 A7 Am Am7 A7 Am7
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A7 Am7 Am E Am7 A7 Am7 A7
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[Outro]
Am7 Am Em7 E A7 D D
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