Chords for "War Is Over"

Date: Feb 10, 2006
From: Leif Thiborg

ntro: A    C    G     A

             A                                Bm             Dm               A
Old soldiers talk about the battles fought to build a better world for me and you. 
          B                    Dm                A
They sacrificed their lives to make a dream come true. 
               B            Dm             A
Now they're forgotten men remembered by so few. 
        D      F#m          D7                         G         /F#
But the war is over and the fighting ended many years ago. 
    Em     Em/D#     G                                 D
The war is over. The battle's won but what is there to show? 
D                                  Em                Gm                D
Side by side they marched together fighting so their children could be free, 
           E               Gm       D                 E          Gm           A
To build a better world, a new society    all classes unified to live in harmony
        D      F#m     D7                               G          /F#
Now the war is over so let's forget and leave the past alone. 
    Em     Em/D#      G                A7             D
The war is over, it's time for all the soldiers to go home. 

A  G D           A  G D

Bm                 F#            Bm                       F#
Rich men, poor men make history, fighting for the land of hope and glory
  A                   E           A          E
A nation's voice will sing as o-o-one, 
  G6/D         A         G6         A                              
A battle cry until we've won 

A  Bm C#m D


    D      F#m      D7                         G   G/F#
The war is over and the patriotic comrades are no more. 
    Em     Em/D#            G             A                D
The war is over now they're going home to live just like before. 

D             Dmaj7         Em            Gm            D
Arm in arm we sang our patriotic songs of love and sentiment. 
D               Dmaj7            Em            Gm            D
Tears of joy to hide the sorrow, new tomorrows till we meet again, 
           E                    Gm             D
With a new world to build we'll say: Auf weidersehen. 
              E         Gm             D              E
What did they do for us?   What did it prove to us? 
      Em                                                         G           A
As we stand beside the silent grave The unknown soldier can't be saved. 

    D      F#m    Am   G   G/F#     Em     Em/D#      G                A7             D
The war is over                 The war is over, it's time for all the soldiers to go home

A   G D  A G D

D          F#m
The war is over.