Post War Blues

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                             Post War Blues - Dan Mangan
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Standard tuning, Capo on 5th fret if
 using Dan's chord construction.

Most chords are finger picked with 
thumb striking root note on 1st and 
3rd beat
and fingers strumming higher notes 
on 2nd and 4th beats.
Listen to the song for a better 
feel, this video has him playing 
acoustically:
Chords with an * are strummed rather
 than finger picked.

This is how Dan plays the chords, 
standard construction works just as 
well:
D  10 9  12 11 x  x
A  6  7  11 9  x  x
Bm 7  9  9  7  7  7
G  x  10 12 12 12

D
Let's start a war for the kids
A
A purpose for which to unite
D
Make them some words they can mince
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G*               D            
What they don't know, They won't 
    A
mind

D
Find them a foe for the fight
A
And stories to tell as they age
D
Then maybe time will decide
G*             D                A
Which ones keep and which ones fade

Chorus:
Bm *                           
There's the deepest sleep in my 
  D
life,
Bm*                            D
from which I am slowly coming to
A*                  Bm*
And every morning I wait for the 
news
A*
oh this is, this is post war blues

guitar solo

Make me a means to an end
Oh make me an ending in sight
Make me insightful again
What I can't see, I can't fight

Make me a fire to burn
burn all the letters I wrote
write me a list of concerns
If we are at peace
If we are at ease
I want to know

Chorus:
There's the deepest sleep in my life
from which I am slowly coming to
And every morning I wait for the 
news
Oh this is, this is post war blues