Life During Wartime Chords by Talking Heads
- Key: Am
- BPM: 133
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
LIFE DURING WARTIME CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] A7 Am7 A7 Am ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] A7 Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons A7 Packed up and ready to go A7 Heard of some grave sites out by the highway Am A7 Am A place where nobody knows ■ A7 The sound of gunfire off in the distance Am A7 I'm getting used to it now A7 Lived in a brownstone lived in a ghetto Am I've lived all over this town [Chorus] E E7 E E7 This ain't no party this ain't no disco E This ain't no fooling around E No time for dancing or lovey dovey E7 I ain't got time for that now [Verse] A7 Transmit the message to the receiver A7 Hope for an answer someday A7 I got three passports a couple of visas A7 You don't even know my real name Am High on a hillside the trucks are loading A7 Am Everything's ready to roll A7 I ■ sleep in the daytime and I work in the nightime Am I might not ever get home [Chorus] E This ain't no party this ain't no disco E This ain't no fooling around E7 This ain't no mudd club or CBGB E7 I ain't got time for that now [Inst] G Am Heard about ■ Houston Heard about Detroit [Verse] Am Heard about Pittsburgh PA Am You oughta know not to stand by the window Am Somebody see you up there Am I got some groceries some peanut butter Am To last a couple of days Am But I ain't got no speakers ain't got no headphones Am Ain't got no records to play [Chorus] E E7 Why stay in college Why go to night school E Gonna be different this time E Can't write a letter can't send no postcard E7 I ain't got time for that now ■ Am ■ Trouble in transit got through the roadblock Am We blended in with the crowd Am We got computers we're tapping phone lines Am I know that that ain't allowed Am We dress like students we dress like housewives Am Or in a suit and a tie Am I changed my hairstyle so many times now Am I don't know what I look like Am You make me shiver I feel so tender Am We make a pretty good team Am Don't get exhausted I'll do some driving Am You ought to get you some sleep [Outro] Am Burned all my notebooks what good are notebooks Am They won't help me survive Am My chest is aching burns like a furnace [End]