You Lost The War

C                                 
worked all your life then sell 
            A    G
your job.......oh  lawdy.....
C                                 
walk down the street get punched 
            A    G
in the gob...oh  lawdy.....
C               G                
kids get done when they go to 
     F                  E
school and they don't even know what
 for
F              G                 
that's when you know you lost the
C                 C
 war


C                   
prison like a holiday 
                          A
camp....................oh  
    G
lawdy.....
C                                 
gone for a minute and your car 
            A    G
gets clamped...oh  lawdy.....
C               G                
play the game like they tell you 
     F                  E
to and still end up poor
F              G                 
that's when you know you lost the
C                 C
 war


C                         
Bookies say you look sucha  
                    A    G
mug...............oh  lawdy.....
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C                    
bank says we ain't got 
                         A
enough.................oh  
    G
lawdy.....
C               G                
someone comes in the middle of 
     F                  E
the night steals your stuff you 
worked hard for
F              G                 
that's when you know you lost the
C                 C
 war

[break]
G
and everybody thinks they got a say,
 the simple truth is you're just in 
the way


C                    
people marching in the 
                         A
street.................oh  
    G
lawdy........
C                   
placards waving fifty 
                          A
deep....................oh  
    G
lawdy.......
C             G          F      
someone else takes over and it's
            E
 just like before
F              G                 
that's when you know you lost the
C                 C
 war

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[break]
G
and everybody thinks they got a say,
 the simple truth is you're just in 
the way

C                      
fifty men and a dead man 
                       A
chest................oh  
    G
lawdy........
C                         
just cos you were unlike of 
                    A    G
rest..............oh  lawdy........
C             G              F  
they told you it was freedom you
                E
 were fighting for
C             G          F      
a country fit for heroes a 
            E
paradise for sure
C             G            F    
when you ask for help they 
              E
kicked you out the door
F              G                 C  
 [stop]
that's when you know you lost the 
war