War child Chords
War child by The Cranberries is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A9, D9, Bm7, E7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Int: (A9 D9) 2x
(A9 D9)
Who will save the war child baby?
Who controls the key?
The web we weave is thick and sordid,
Bm7 E7 A9 A
fine by me
(A9 D9)
At times of war, we're all the losers,
there's no victory
We'll shoot to kill and kill your lover,
Bm7 E7 A9 A
fine by me
(A9 D9)
War child, victim of political pride
Plant the seed, territorial greed
Bm7 E7 A9 A Bm7
Mind the war child, we should mind the
E7 A9 A
war child
(A9 D9) 2x
Uuuh, uh ...
(A9 D9)
I spent, I spent last winter in New York, and
came upon a man
he was sleeping on the streets and homeless,
Bm7 E7 A9 A
he said "I fought in Vietnam"
(A9 D9)
Beneath his shirt he wore the mark, he bore
th bark with pride
Bm7 E7
A two inch deep incision carved, in - to
A9 A
his side
(A9 D9)
War child, victim of political pride
Plant the seed, territorial greed
Bm7 E7 A9 A Bm7
Mind the war child, we should mind the
E7 A9 A
war child
(A9 D9)
Who's the loser now, eh?
Who's the loser now
We're all losers now
We're all losers now
Bm7 E7 A9 A
war child,
D9 E7 A9
...war child