This War Is Over

This war is over (Melissa Etheridge)
E|--------------------------------

E|----| 

>From the "Your Little Secret" 
album. Guitar chords are written 
above the
lyrics, Bass parts below the lyrics.


[Intro] :

             <----------------------bassline1----------------------->
A|--------| |.------/5--/-10----
E|--3/5\3-| |.--3-\-------------
           \\                   

A|---(10\)|-----/5--/-10----\7~~-
E|(13)----|(3\)------------------
 |       |                       

\5~~\--.|| 
-------.|| 
      //   

[repeat bassline1 three more times]


G                    G           
Take off my shield  carry my 
    G                      G
sword   I won't need it  any  more
<---bassline1---->  <--bassline1-->  <-----bassline1---->  <-bassline1->

G                    G           
Find me a sky     & give me my 
       G                   G
wings  frozen & broken, but free
<--bassline1-->   <---bassline1--->  <-----bassline1---->  <-bassline1->

[Chorus]:
               C               
Tell them I'm all right    I'm  
         G
coming home
              <--bassline2-->          <--bassline1->


               C                   
Tell them I'm all right    I    am 
     G
   alone
              <--bassline2-->          <--bassline1->


Continues after the ad
            Am      C             
This war is o-ve-r--.    I'm 
   G
coming home
bass: E-----8-7--5-/15--            
 <--bassline1-->

G                   G            
Take off my shame  bury it low   
    G                         G
    I won't  need  it  any    more
Find me the Sun  & give me it whole 
 melt all the chains in my soul

[Chorus]

[Break]:
e E|-----------------------------
B -15--13--12--12----15--13--12--
G E|-----------------------------

e|-------|-----------------------------| 
B|12----15--13--12-----13--12--12---|    
G|-------|------------14---------------| 

e --------------13--------------
B --12--13--15------------------
G E|----------------------------

e|12--(12h)13--12--------------------|    
B|-----------------15--12------------|    
G|--------|-----------------------------| 

e --------------13-----(13h)15--
B --12--13--15------------------
G E|----------------------------

e|12--(12h)13--12--------------------|    
B|-----------------15--12------------|    
G|--------|-----------------------------| 

e ------------up---down-----------
B -----------12-(13)-12-----------
G ----------------------12--------
D ----------------------------14--
A E|------------------------------
E E|------------------------------

e|----------------------|    
B|----------------------|    
G|----------------------|    
D|--12----(12h14p12)12--|    
A|------|------------------| 
E|------|------------------| 

                                    
                Take off...


(acapella)
Take off my pain   carry me slow    
 I won't fight here any more

[Chorus]

[Ad lib guitar over bassline 3 to 
fade]


    // bassline 3 :
A 
-||.E|------------------------------------||
E 
  
-||.-3--3--3--3--/10------10--12--10-\--|
 \\
A|--------------------------10--
E|----3--3--3--3--/10-----------

A|12--10-\--.| | 
E|----------.| | 
 |          //   


 & occasionally: ... A -----12--10
E|-------------12-\--| 

EADGBe
320003 - G
X32010 - C
X02210 - Am

/ is a slide up
\ is a slide down
* is don't pick the note, just slide
 up/down to it
h is a hammer on
p is a pull off
~~ is finger vibrato

    up  down
B-12-(13)-12- is pick at the 12th 
fret, bend the b upto c then back 
down

bassline2 (first half of first two 
lines of chorus) is :

    //                          |   
                         \\
D 
-||-------------*-------------|----------5p0----------------||
A 
-||:------/5--/-7~~\----------|----------------\7~~-\5~~\--:||
E 
  
-||---3-\---------------------|-----------------------------||
  \\                          |     
                       //