You Lost The War chords

Cock Sparrer

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Simplify chords 

  			Intro: C       C      A      G   x2 

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


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


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

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


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

solo over complete verse 

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

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