Leonard Cohen

There Is War

Leonard Cohen


Tom: G

Intro: Am

           Am                                                           G
There is a war between the rich and poor a war between the man and the woman
           Am                                                                     G
There is a war between the ones who say there-is-a-war and the ones who say there isn't
               D                   C                           G
Why don't you come on back to the war?  that's right, get in it
               D                   C                        G
Why don't you come on back to the war?  it's just beginning

        Am                                                                 G
Well I live here with a woman and a child, the situation makes me kind of nervous
        Am                                                                     G
Yes, I rise up from her arms, she says "I guess you call this love" I call it service
               D                   C                      G
Why don't you come on back to the war?  don't be a tourist
               D                   C                      G
why don't you come on back to the war?  before it hurts us
               D                   C                         G
why don't you come on back to the war?  let's all get nervous

            Am                                                            G
You cannot stand what I've become, you much prefer the gentleman I was before
          Am                                                                       G
I was so easy to defeat, I was so easy to control, I didn't even know there was a war
               D                   C                         G
Why don't you come on back to the war?  don't be embarrassed
               D                   C                             G
why don't you come on back to the war?  you can still get married

           Am                                                              G
There is a war between the rich and poor, a war between the man and the woman
           Am                                                               
There is a war between the left and right, a war between the black and white
                              G
a war between the odd and the even
               D                   C                       G
Why don't you come on back to the war?  pick up your tiny burden
               D                   C                       G
why don't you come on back to the war?  let's all get even
               D                   C                             G
why don't you come on back to the war?  can't you hear me speaking?



The G chords are always played with C/G (x4):

E|--3-3-3-3---------------------------|
B|--0-0-0-1---------------------------|
G|--0-0-0-0---------------------------|
D|--0-0-0-2---------------------------|
A|--2-2-2-----------------------------|
E|--3-3-3-3---------------------------|