Post War Blues

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - post war blues - dan mangan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - standard tuning , capo on 5th fret if using dan’s chord construction . most chords are finger picked with thumb striking root note on 1st and 3rd beat and fingers strumming higher notes on 2nd and 4th beats . listen to the song for a better feel , this video has him playing acoustically : chords with an * are strummed rather than finger picked . this is how dan plays the chords , standard construction works just as well : D 10 9 12 11 x xa 6 7 11 9 x xbm 7 9 9 7 7 7 G x 10 12 12 12 D let’s start a war for the kids A a purpose for which to unite D make them some words they can mince G * D A what they don’t know , they won’t mind D find them a foe for the fight A and stories to tell as they age D then maybe time will decide G * D A which ones keep and which ones fade Chorus : Bm * D there’s the deepest sleep in my life , Bm * D from which i Am slowly coming to A * Bm * and every morning i wait for the news A * oh this is , this is post war blues guitar Solo make me a means to an end oh make me an ending in sight make me insightful again what i can’t see , i can’t fight make me a fire to burn burn all the letters i wrote write me a list of concerns if we are at peace if we are at ease i want to know Chorus : there’s the deepest sleep in my life from which i Am slowly coming to and every morning i wait for the news oh this is , this is post war blues oh this is , this is post war blues