I Fought In A War Chords - Belle and Sebastian

Em A I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me C B To go looking for the enemy, and it wasnt very long Em A Before I would stand with another boy in front of me C B And a corpse that just fell into me, with the bullets flying round... 1st chorus: G Am And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on C B And I bet youre making shells back home for a steady boy to wear G Am Round his neck, well it wont hurt to think of you as if youre waiting for C B This letter to arrive because Ill be here quite a while In the second down,down,up,up,down,up 2nd verse: Em A I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me C B To go looking for the enemy, and it wasnt very long Em A Before I found out that the sickness there ahead of me C B Went beyond the bedsit infamy of the decade gone before 2nd chorus: G Am And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on C B And I bet youre making shells back home for a steady man to wear G Am Round his neck, well it wont hurt to think of you as if youre waiting for C B This letter to arrive because Ill be here quite a while Now for the third part you´ll play bass note +

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Verse

Em A I fought in a war, and I didnt know where it would end C B It stretched before me infinitely, I couldnt really think Em A Of the day beyond now, keep your head down pal C Theres trouble plenty in this hour, this day B I can see hope I can see light 3rd Chorus G Am And I reminded myself of the looks you gave when we were getting on C B And I bet youre making shells back home for a steady man to wear G Am Round his neck, well it wont hurt to think of you as if youre waiting for C B This letter to arrive because Ill be here quite a while