Chords for Talking Heads- Life During Wartime (lyrics)
Tempo:
138.75 bpm
Chords used:
A
Am
Em
E
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [Em]
[Am] [Dm]
[F#m] [F] [C]
[Am] [A]
[F#m] [F]
[A]
[Em]
[A]
[Am]
[A] I'm getting used to it now.
I don't mind that it's loaded with weapons, packed up ready to [Am] go.
[A] Heard of some grave sites out by the highway, a place where nobody [Am] knows.
The sound of [A] gunfire, up in the distance, I'm getting used to it [Am] now.
Lived in a brownstone house, lived in a ghetto, I've been no longer this time.
[E] This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
I come from Jackson, I love it, love it.
I'm a Tampa lander.
[Bm] [A] I've just sent a message to the receiver, hope for an answer someday.
[Em]
I [Am] got three passports, a couple of pieces, don't even [A] know my real [C]
[Bm] name.
[Am] Out on the [A] hillside, the guns are loading, everything's ready to [Am] roll.
Sleep in the daytime, work in the nighttime, I got nothing I can't have.
[E] This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
I'm going into Brooklyn, I'm screaming, screaming.
[Am] This
[E] ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
Heard about [A] Houston, heard [Em] about Detroit, heard about Pittsburgh, [N] yeah.
[A] You ought to know a man to stand by [B] the window, [Em] somebody see you up there.
[E] [A] I got some horse whips, some peanut butter, to last a couple of days.
[Am] But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones, ain't got [E] no records to [C] play.
[E] West End College, Blackwater Night School, don't I make your business cry.
Can't save no postcard,
[D#] [E] this ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
I'm in the halls trying to kiss you, but I ain't got time for that now.
[A] Trouble in transit, got through the whole block, we've been knitting with the clock.
[Em] We got [A] computers, we're tapping phone lines, you know that that ain't a [Em] lie.
[A] We dress like students, we dress like housewives, but [Em] we're in a suit and a [B] tie.
Changed my hairstyle [A]
so many times now, but what I look like.
You make me shiver, feel so tender, we make a pretty good [C] team.
[A] Don't get exhausted, I'm just driving, you ought to get to sleep.
I don't mind no crooks, oh my God, no crooks, they [Em] won't help me survive.
[A] My chest is aching, my blood's like a furnace, my burning gives me a laugh.
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[Am] [A]
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[Em]
[A]
[Am]
[A] I'm getting used to it now.
I don't mind that it's loaded with weapons, packed up ready to [Am] go.
[A] Heard of some grave sites out by the highway, a place where nobody [Am] knows.
The sound of [A] gunfire, up in the distance, I'm getting used to it [Am] now.
Lived in a brownstone house, lived in a ghetto, I've been no longer this time.
[E] This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
I come from Jackson, I love it, love it.
I'm a Tampa lander.
[Bm] [A] I've just sent a message to the receiver, hope for an answer someday.
[Em]
I [Am] got three passports, a couple of pieces, don't even [A] know my real [C]
[Bm] name.
[Am] Out on the [A] hillside, the guns are loading, everything's ready to [Am] roll.
Sleep in the daytime, work in the nighttime, I got nothing I can't have.
[E] This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
I'm going into Brooklyn, I'm screaming, screaming.
[Am] This
[E] ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
Heard about [A] Houston, heard [Em] about Detroit, heard about Pittsburgh, [N] yeah.
[A] You ought to know a man to stand by [B] the window, [Em] somebody see you up there.
[E] [A] I got some horse whips, some peanut butter, to last a couple of days.
[Am] But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones, ain't got [E] no records to [C] play.
[E] West End College, Blackwater Night School, don't I make your business cry.
Can't save no postcard,
[D#] [E] this ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
I'm in the halls trying to kiss you, but I ain't got time for that now.
[A] Trouble in transit, got through the whole block, we've been knitting with the clock.
[Em] We got [A] computers, we're tapping phone lines, you know that that ain't a [Em] lie.
[A] We dress like students, we dress like housewives, but [Em] we're in a suit and a [B] tie.
Changed my hairstyle [A]
so many times now, but what I look like.
You make me shiver, feel so tender, we make a pretty good [C] team.
[A] Don't get exhausted, I'm just driving, you ought to get to sleep.
I don't mind no crooks, oh my God, no crooks, they [Em] won't help me survive.
[A] My chest is aching, my blood's like a furnace, my burning gives me a laugh.
[Am] [G]
[Am]
[C]
[Am]
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[Em] [A]
[E] [D]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [A] I'm getting used to it now.
I don't mind that it's loaded with weapons, packed up ready to [Am] go.
_ _ [A] Heard of some grave sites out by the highway, a place where nobody [Am] knows.
_ _ The sound of [A] gunfire, up in the distance, I'm getting used to it [Am] now.
_ _ Lived in a brownstone house, lived in a ghetto, _ I've been no longer this time.
_ [E] This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
_ _ I come from Jackson, I love it, love it.
I'm a Tampa lander.
_ [Bm] _ [A] I've just sent a message to the receiver, hope for an answer someday.
[Em] _
I [Am] got three passports, a couple of pieces, don't even [A] know my real [C] _
[Bm] name.
[Am] _ Out on the [A] hillside, the guns are loading, _ everything's ready to [Am] roll.
_ _ _ Sleep in the daytime, work in the nighttime, I got nothing I can't have.
_ _ [E] This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
_ _ _ I'm going into Brooklyn, I'm screaming, screaming. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ This
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_ _ _ [E] _ ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
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Heard _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ about [A] Houston, heard [Em] about Detroit, heard about Pittsburgh, [N] yeah.
_ _ [A] _ You ought to know a man to stand by [B] the window, [Em] somebody see you up there.
[E] _ _ [A] I got some horse whips, some peanut butter, _ to last a couple of days.
[Am] But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones, ain't got [E] no records to [C] play.
_ _ [E] _ West End College, Blackwater Night School, don't I make your business cry.
_ _ _ _ _ Can't save no postcard, _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ [E] this ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
_ _ I'm in the halls _ trying to kiss you, but I ain't got time for that now.
_ [A] _ _ Trouble in transit, got through the whole block, we've been knitting with the clock.
_ _ [Em] We got [A] computers, we're tapping phone lines, you know that that ain't a [Em] lie.
_ _ [A] We dress like students, we dress like housewives, but [Em] we're in a suit and a [B] tie.
_ _ Changed my hairstyle [A]
so many times now, but what I look like.
_ _ You make me shiver, feel so tender, we make a pretty good [C] team.
_ _ [A] _ Don't get exhausted, I'm just driving, you ought to get to sleep.
_ _ I don't mind no crooks, oh my God, no crooks, they [Em] won't help me survive.
_ _ [A] My chest is aching, my blood's like a furnace, my burning gives me a laugh.
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [A] I'm getting used to it now.
I don't mind that it's loaded with weapons, packed up ready to [Am] go.
_ _ [A] Heard of some grave sites out by the highway, a place where nobody [Am] knows.
_ _ The sound of [A] gunfire, up in the distance, I'm getting used to it [Am] now.
_ _ Lived in a brownstone house, lived in a ghetto, _ I've been no longer this time.
_ [E] This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
_ _ I come from Jackson, I love it, love it.
I'm a Tampa lander.
_ [Bm] _ [A] I've just sent a message to the receiver, hope for an answer someday.
[Em] _
I [Am] got three passports, a couple of pieces, don't even [A] know my real [C] _
[Bm] name.
[Am] _ Out on the [A] hillside, the guns are loading, _ everything's ready to [Am] roll.
_ _ _ Sleep in the daytime, work in the nighttime, I got nothing I can't have.
_ _ [E] This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
_ _ _ I'm going into Brooklyn, I'm screaming, screaming. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ This
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [E] _ ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Heard _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ about [A] Houston, heard [Em] about Detroit, heard about Pittsburgh, [N] yeah.
_ _ [A] _ You ought to know a man to stand by [B] the window, [Em] somebody see you up there.
[E] _ _ [A] I got some horse whips, some peanut butter, _ to last a couple of days.
[Am] But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones, ain't got [E] no records to [C] play.
_ _ [E] _ West End College, Blackwater Night School, don't I make your business cry.
_ _ _ _ _ Can't save no postcard, _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ [E] this ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around.
_ _ I'm in the halls _ trying to kiss you, but I ain't got time for that now.
_ [A] _ _ Trouble in transit, got through the whole block, we've been knitting with the clock.
_ _ [Em] We got [A] computers, we're tapping phone lines, you know that that ain't a [Em] lie.
_ _ [A] We dress like students, we dress like housewives, but [Em] we're in a suit and a [B] tie.
_ _ Changed my hairstyle [A]
so many times now, but what I look like.
_ _ You make me shiver, feel so tender, we make a pretty good [C] team.
_ _ [A] _ Don't get exhausted, I'm just driving, you ought to get to sleep.
_ _ I don't mind no crooks, oh my God, no crooks, they [Em] won't help me survive.
_ _ [A] My chest is aching, my blood's like a furnace, my burning gives me a laugh.
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