Chords for Will Varley - 'Weddings and Wars' - City Sessions
Tempo:
137.15 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
D
A
G
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[F]
[Bm] [A]
[D] [A] [Bm] [A]
[D] [Bm] Bang goes the big bang, then the darkness and thunder.
Adam and Eve were strands of bacteria.
Blind we crawled with the birds and the bees.
[G] A few years on, we [D] climbed down from the trees and [Bm] we're standing in Africa, looking at the
sky, saying, why are we here?
What happens when we die?
We use God as a word for the things we can't see.
Now put on some clothes and let's wait for TV.
Well it doesn't take long till we're paying in caves, making some men kings and other
men slaves, saying God is our reason, [D] God is our leader.
[G] God spoke to me [A] and he told me to kill [Bm] ya.
We spread like a virus [D] to every dark corner.
[A] [Bm] Greeks and Romans all laying down borders.
The slaves and the [A] soldiers, [D] the queens and the kings, wherever they were, [A] they all used to sing.
[Bm]
[F#m] Birth, [G] death, weddings [D] and war, [Bm]
[F#m] that's [G] all we [Bm] are good for.
If all of the [F#m]
[G] past was played [Bm] as a song, then our lives [A] are a beat of the [D] drum.
[Bm] Invading, [A] [Bm] enslaving, entrading, the plunder, tobacco and opium, tea leaves and sugar.
Empires built [D] with the bones of the slaughtered.
[G] A barrel of booze [A] in return for your daughters.
[Bm] Birth, [F#m] [G] death, [D] weddings and war.
[Bm] They sang [F#m] their [D] same mariage again.
[Bm] Above the [F#m] same [G] earth, beneath the [D] same stars, [Bm] you can't hide [A] the [D] beast that we are.
[Bm] Well by the dark ages we're getting to guns, still fighting over God and who's got the right one.
Still singing and dancing, now we're paying on cannons.
[G] Passing the time [A] with our sex and our [Bm] violence.
The West gets rich, it strangles the earth.
Romeo and Juliet can't make it work.
Factories, [D] A-bombs and flying machines.
[G] Finally someone [A] invents the TV.
[Bm] And it's birth, [G] death, weddings [D] and war.
[Bm] They sang [F#m] their [G] same [D] mariage again.
[Bm] Above the [F#m] same [G] earth, beneath [D] the same stars, [Bm] you can't [A] hide the beast [D] that we are.
[Bm]
Instead of hunting [D] now we go to Tesco's.
[Bm]
Instead of talking [D] now we wear [Bm] headphones.
Instead of mountains [D] we're heading for [G] Mars.
Instead of [D] God we [A] have credit [Bm] cards.
And we're still here, 2000 and something.
No peace, economies crashing.
Still singing and dancing and looking at the sky.
[G] Saying why are we here?
[A] What happens when we die?
[Bm]
Singing [F#m] birth, [G] death, [D] weddings and war.
[Bm]
[F#m] That's [G] all we are [D] good for.
[Bm] If all of the past [G] was played [D] as a song, [Bm] then our lives [A] are a beat [D] of the drum.
[Bm] Then our lives [A] are a beat [D] of the drum.
[Bm] [G#]
[A]
[N]
[F]
[Bm] [A]
[D] [A] [Bm] [A]
[D] [Bm] Bang goes the big bang, then the darkness and thunder.
Adam and Eve were strands of bacteria.
Blind we crawled with the birds and the bees.
[G] A few years on, we [D] climbed down from the trees and [Bm] we're standing in Africa, looking at the
sky, saying, why are we here?
What happens when we die?
We use God as a word for the things we can't see.
Now put on some clothes and let's wait for TV.
Well it doesn't take long till we're paying in caves, making some men kings and other
men slaves, saying God is our reason, [D] God is our leader.
[G] God spoke to me [A] and he told me to kill [Bm] ya.
We spread like a virus [D] to every dark corner.
[A] [Bm] Greeks and Romans all laying down borders.
The slaves and the [A] soldiers, [D] the queens and the kings, wherever they were, [A] they all used to sing.
[Bm]
[F#m] Birth, [G] death, weddings [D] and war, [Bm]
[F#m] that's [G] all we [Bm] are good for.
If all of the [F#m]
[G] past was played [Bm] as a song, then our lives [A] are a beat of the [D] drum.
[Bm] Invading, [A] [Bm] enslaving, entrading, the plunder, tobacco and opium, tea leaves and sugar.
Empires built [D] with the bones of the slaughtered.
[G] A barrel of booze [A] in return for your daughters.
[Bm] Birth, [F#m] [G] death, [D] weddings and war.
[Bm] They sang [F#m] their [D] same mariage again.
[Bm] Above the [F#m] same [G] earth, beneath the [D] same stars, [Bm] you can't hide [A] the [D] beast that we are.
[Bm] Well by the dark ages we're getting to guns, still fighting over God and who's got the right one.
Still singing and dancing, now we're paying on cannons.
[G] Passing the time [A] with our sex and our [Bm] violence.
The West gets rich, it strangles the earth.
Romeo and Juliet can't make it work.
Factories, [D] A-bombs and flying machines.
[G] Finally someone [A] invents the TV.
[Bm] And it's birth, [G] death, weddings [D] and war.
[Bm] They sang [F#m] their [G] same [D] mariage again.
[Bm] Above the [F#m] same [G] earth, beneath [D] the same stars, [Bm] you can't [A] hide the beast [D] that we are.
[Bm]
Instead of hunting [D] now we go to Tesco's.
[Bm]
Instead of talking [D] now we wear [Bm] headphones.
Instead of mountains [D] we're heading for [G] Mars.
Instead of [D] God we [A] have credit [Bm] cards.
And we're still here, 2000 and something.
No peace, economies crashing.
Still singing and dancing and looking at the sky.
[G] Saying why are we here?
[A] What happens when we die?
[Bm]
Singing [F#m] birth, [G] death, [D] weddings and war.
[Bm]
[F#m] That's [G] all we are [D] good for.
[Bm] If all of the past [G] was played [D] as a song, [Bm] then our lives [A] are a beat [D] of the drum.
[Bm] Then our lives [A] are a beat [D] of the drum.
[Bm] [G#]
[A]
[N]
Key:
Bm
D
A
G
F#m
Bm
D
A
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] Bang goes the big bang, then the darkness and thunder.
_ Adam and Eve were strands of bacteria.
_ Blind we crawled with the birds and the bees.
[G] A few years on, we [D] climbed down from the trees and [Bm] we're standing in Africa, looking at the
sky, saying, why are we here?
What happens when we die?
We use God as a word for the things we can't see.
Now put on some clothes and let's wait for TV.
Well it doesn't take long till we're paying in caves, making some men kings and other
men slaves, saying God is our reason, [D] God is our leader.
[G] God spoke to me [A] and he told me to kill [Bm] ya.
We spread like a virus [D] to every dark corner.
[A] _ [Bm] Greeks and Romans all laying down borders.
The slaves and the [A] soldiers, [D] the queens and the kings, wherever they were, [A] they all used to sing.
_ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [F#m] Birth, [G] death, weddings [D] and war, _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] that's [G] all we [Bm] are good for. _
_ _ _ _ If all of the [F#m]
[G] past was played [Bm] as a song, _ then our lives [A] are a beat of the [D] drum. _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ Invading, [A] [Bm] enslaving, entrading, the plunder, tobacco and opium, tea leaves and sugar.
_ Empires built [D] with the bones of the slaughtered.
[G] A barrel of booze [A] in return for your daughters.
[Bm] Birth, [F#m] _ [G] death, [D] weddings and war. _ _ _ _
[Bm] They sang [F#m] their [D] same mariage again.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ Above the [F#m] same [G] earth, beneath the [D] same stars, _ [Bm] you can't hide [A] the [D] beast that we are. _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ Well by the dark ages we're getting to guns, still fighting over God and who's got the right one.
Still singing and dancing, now we're paying on cannons.
[G] _ Passing the time [A] with our sex and our [Bm] violence.
The West gets rich, it strangles the earth.
Romeo and Juliet can't make it work.
_ Factories, [D] A-bombs and flying machines.
[G] _ Finally someone [A] invents the TV.
_ _ [Bm] _ And it's birth, [G] death, weddings [D] and war. _
_ _ _ [Bm] They sang [F#m] their [G] same [D] mariage again. _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] Above the [F#m] same [G] earth, beneath [D] the same stars, _ [Bm] you can't [A] hide the beast [D] that we are.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
Instead of hunting [D] now we go to Tesco's.
[Bm] _
Instead of talking [D] now we wear [Bm] headphones.
_ Instead of mountains [D] we're heading for [G] Mars.
_ Instead of [D] God we [A] have credit [Bm] cards.
And we're still here, 2000 and something.
_ No peace, economies crashing.
Still singing and dancing and looking at the sky.
[G] Saying why are we here? _ _
[A] What happens when we die?
_ _ [Bm]
Singing _ [F#m] birth, [G] death, [D] weddings and war.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F#m] That's [G] all we are [D] good for. _
_ _ _ [Bm] If all of the past [G] was played [D] as a song, _ [Bm] then our lives [A] are a beat [D] of the drum.
_ [Bm] Then our lives [A] are a beat [D] of the drum. _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] Bang goes the big bang, then the darkness and thunder.
_ Adam and Eve were strands of bacteria.
_ Blind we crawled with the birds and the bees.
[G] A few years on, we [D] climbed down from the trees and [Bm] we're standing in Africa, looking at the
sky, saying, why are we here?
What happens when we die?
We use God as a word for the things we can't see.
Now put on some clothes and let's wait for TV.
Well it doesn't take long till we're paying in caves, making some men kings and other
men slaves, saying God is our reason, [D] God is our leader.
[G] God spoke to me [A] and he told me to kill [Bm] ya.
We spread like a virus [D] to every dark corner.
[A] _ [Bm] Greeks and Romans all laying down borders.
The slaves and the [A] soldiers, [D] the queens and the kings, wherever they were, [A] they all used to sing.
_ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [F#m] Birth, [G] death, weddings [D] and war, _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] that's [G] all we [Bm] are good for. _
_ _ _ _ If all of the [F#m]
[G] past was played [Bm] as a song, _ then our lives [A] are a beat of the [D] drum. _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ Invading, [A] [Bm] enslaving, entrading, the plunder, tobacco and opium, tea leaves and sugar.
_ Empires built [D] with the bones of the slaughtered.
[G] A barrel of booze [A] in return for your daughters.
[Bm] Birth, [F#m] _ [G] death, [D] weddings and war. _ _ _ _
[Bm] They sang [F#m] their [D] same mariage again.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ Above the [F#m] same [G] earth, beneath the [D] same stars, _ [Bm] you can't hide [A] the [D] beast that we are. _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ Well by the dark ages we're getting to guns, still fighting over God and who's got the right one.
Still singing and dancing, now we're paying on cannons.
[G] _ Passing the time [A] with our sex and our [Bm] violence.
The West gets rich, it strangles the earth.
Romeo and Juliet can't make it work.
_ Factories, [D] A-bombs and flying machines.
[G] _ Finally someone [A] invents the TV.
_ _ [Bm] _ And it's birth, [G] death, weddings [D] and war. _
_ _ _ [Bm] They sang [F#m] their [G] same [D] mariage again. _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] Above the [F#m] same [G] earth, beneath [D] the same stars, _ [Bm] you can't [A] hide the beast [D] that we are.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
Instead of hunting [D] now we go to Tesco's.
[Bm] _
Instead of talking [D] now we wear [Bm] headphones.
_ Instead of mountains [D] we're heading for [G] Mars.
_ Instead of [D] God we [A] have credit [Bm] cards.
And we're still here, 2000 and something.
_ No peace, economies crashing.
Still singing and dancing and looking at the sky.
[G] Saying why are we here? _ _
[A] What happens when we die?
_ _ [Bm]
Singing _ [F#m] birth, [G] death, [D] weddings and war.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F#m] That's [G] all we are [D] good for. _
_ _ _ [Bm] If all of the past [G] was played [D] as a song, _ [Bm] then our lives [A] are a beat [D] of the drum.
_ [Bm] Then our lives [A] are a beat [D] of the drum. _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _