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Chords and lyrics for Make War by Bright Eyes
Our love is
E
dead but without limit,
like the
A
surface of the moon
or the
E
land between here and the mou
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ntains.
Well, it i
E
s not these hiding places
that have k
A
ept us innocent
but the way you ta
E
ught me to just let
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it all go by
E
.
And so we’ve le
E
arned to be as faithless,
stand b
A
ehind bulletproof glass,
exchanging
E
our affections through a dr
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awer.
And it was always ho
E
rribly
convenient
and h
A
appening too fast.
You should count your ch
E
ange before you’re eve
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n out the door.
E
A
Return, return to the
E
person that you were.
And
C#m
I will do t
B
he
same
cause it is too
A
hard to belong to
E
someone who is gone.
F#m
My compass spins. Th
A
e wilderness remains.
E
E
Once too often, I have retreated
into the
A
depths of my despair.
I built a
E
barricade to block you on the
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road.
I was standing there with al
E
l of my possessions
A
piled higher than a house,
I felt
E
closer to you than you
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ever would have known.
E
E
So let each tiny acts of charity
be common gr
A
ound on which to build
the
E
monument that will commemorate our times
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.
And though, you sw
E
ear you’ve found another
who will surely
A
speed you on your way,
don’t let the for
E
est grow over that p
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ath you came there by.
E
A
So hurry up and run to the o
E
ne that you love.
C#m
And blind him with yo
B
ur
kindness.
And he’ll make w
A
ar, old war, on who you were be
E
fore.
And claim a
F#m
ll that ha
A
s spoiled in your he
E
art.
E
Now, I tell myself I’ve mended
under these p
A
atches of blue sky.
There are still a
E
few holes that let in a little ra
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in.
And it’s been
E
crying on my shingles.
My floorboards m
A
oan under my feet.
The refrigerator is
E
whining, so I’ve got
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reason to complai
E
n.
E
But I am not gonna bless you with such compliments,
some d
A
egrading psalm of praise,
like the
E
kind that converted you to me so long ag
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o.
Because the tr
E
uth is that gossip’s as good as go
A
spel in this town.
You can save your fa
E
ce but you won’t ever
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save your soul.
E
A
So hurry up and ru
E
n to the one that you love.
And
C#m
tie him up in yo
B
ur
likeness,
And he’ll
A
become, become the pr
E
isoner I was.
And know al
F#m
l that has
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spoiled in yo
E
ur
heart.
And know al
F#m
l that has
A
spoiled in yo
E
ur
heart.
So hurry u
A
p and run to the o
E
ne that you love.
And b
C#m
lind him with yo
B
ur
kindness.
And he’ll
A
make war, old war, on w
E
ho you were before.
And claim a
F#m
ll that ha
A
s spoiled in y
E
our
heart.
Yeah, he’ll
F#m
claim
all
A
that has spoi
E
led in your heart.