The Debate Is Over If You Want It Chords

KeyEb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays432

The Debate Is Over If You Want It by Anti-Flag is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Eb. It uses the chords A, D, F#m, F#, E, Bm and Dbm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Eb
Text
16
Speed
  			Verse: 1
 
        A                                   D 
For the first time in my life I'm truly free 
           A                                  D 
To see the clear cut forest for the poison sea 
           F#m                               D 
To see the waters occupy the shores of Jersey 

And I feel alive
 

eb|---------------| 
Bb|---------------| 
Gb|--------6------| 
Db|--7-7-9---9-7--| x4 or just play A 
Ab|---------------| 
Eb|---------------|  


Verse: 2
 
        A                                   D 
For the first time in my life I'm truly free 
           A                              D 
To see the waters persecute in New Orleans 
   F#m                              D 
87 days of disregard on a livestream 
    F#                             E 
Fukashima radiate into the deep sea 


A                               Bm 
Don't let them tell you this is on your back 
    Dbm                    D 
The point of contention is how they act 
A                  Bm                Dbm      D 
Where you draw the line will set you free 


eb|---------------| 
Bb|---------------| 
Gb|--------6------| 
Db|--7-7-9---9-7--| (x4) or just play A 
Ab|---------------| 
Eb|---------------| 


Verse: 3 
        A                                      D 
For the last time in our lives we'll get to see 
        A                                           D 
Sunsets reflect and shine off of the Greenland sheet 
            F#m                                      D 
There's too much to gain letting things be as they be 
       F#                                         E 
As the same who sell disease, they also sell green 


Pre-chorus: 
        D                       Dbm 
So just change the light you buy 
        F#m                     E 
Or just change the car you drive 
          D                     Dbm          E 
But don't change the make up of their economy 



A                               Bm 
Don't let them tell you this is on your back 
    Dbm                    D 
The point of contention is how they act 
A                  Bm                Dbm      D 
Where you draw the line will set you free 
A                               Bm 
Don't let them tell you this is on your back 
    Dbm                    D 
The point of contention is how they act 
A                  Bm                Dbm      D 
Where you draw the line will set you free 


Bridge:

The debate is... 
A     Bm    Dbm   D 
O-o-o-o-o-o-over       play this four times 


Outro:

                  A 
The debate is over 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante