Civil War - Guns N' Roses

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Civil War


Verse Eb 1


Look at your y

oung men fight

ing

Look at your w

omen crying

Look at your y

oung men dying
             
The way they'v

              
e always done 

      
before 


Look at the ha

te we're breed

ing

Look at the fe

ar we're feedi

ng

Look at the li

ves we're lead

ing
             
The way we've 

              
always done be

    
fore



Verse Em 2

              
My hands are t


ied
             
The billions s

              
hift from side

             
 to side
            
And the wars g

o on with brai

nwashed pride
             
For the love o

              
f God and our 

            
human rights
       
And all these 

things are swe

pt aside
             
By bloody hand

              
s time can't d

              
eny
            
And are washed

 away by your 

genocide
             
And history hi

              
des the lies o

             
f our civil wa

         
rs

   

Solo 1

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Verse G 3
              
D'you wear a b

             
lack armband w

             
hen they shot 

           
the man
            
Who said     "

 
Peace could la

st forever"
             
And in my firs

              
t memories the

   
y shot Kennedy
            
And I went num

             
b when I learn

       
ed to see 
             
So I never fel

      
l for Vietnam
              
We got the wal

            
l of D.C. to r

                                          
emind us all 
           
That you can't

 trust freedom
             
When it's not 

              
in your hands 

            
when everybody

     
's fightin'
             
For their prom

           
ised land And


Chorus 1

            
    I don't ne

             
ed your civil 

    
war
             
    It feeds t

            
he rich while 

              
it buries the 

           
poor
             
    You're pow

            
er hungry sell

              
in' soldier In

              
 a      human 

 
grocery store 

Ain't that fre

sh
            
    I don't ne

             
ed your civil 

                
war

Solo 2

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Verse Em 4


Look at the sh

oes you're fil

ling

Look at the bl

ood we're spil

ling

Look at the wo

rld we're kill

ing
             
The way we've 

              
always done be

    
fore


Look in the do

ubt we've wall

owed

Look at the le

aders we've fo

llowed

Look at the li

es we've swall

owed
             
And I don't wa

              
nt to hear no 

 
more

 


Verse Em 5


              
My hands are t


ied
             
For all I've s

              
een has change

              
d my mind
 
But still the 

wars go on and

 the years go 

by
             
With no love o

             
f God or human

                          
 rights 
 
'cause all the

se dreams are 

swept aside
             
By bloody hand

              
s of the hypno

              
tized
 
Who carry the 

cross of homic

ide
             
And history be

             
ars the scars 

              
of our civil w

    
ars

Solo 3

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Breakdown Rant
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Chorus
            
    I don't ne

             
ed your civil 

    
war
             
    It feeds t

            
he rich while 

              
it buries the 

           
poor
             
    You're pow

            
er hungry sell

              
in' soldier In

              
 a      human 

 
grocery store 

Ain't that fre

sh
            
    I don't ne

             
ed your civil 

                
war

            
    I don't ne

             
ed your civil 

    
war
             
    It feeds t

            
he rich while 

              
it buries the 

           
poor
             
    You're pow

            
er hungry sell

              
in' soldier In

              
 a      human 

 
grocery store 

Ain't that fre

sh
            
    I don't ne

             
ed your civil 

                
war

            
    I don't ne

             
ed one more wa

     
r
            
    I don't ne

             
ed one more wa

     
r

Solo 4

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Civil War


Verse Eb 1


Look at your y

oung men fight

ing

Look at your w

omen crying

Look at your y

oung men dying
             
The way they'v

              
e always done 

      
before 


Look at the ha

te we're breed

ing

Look at the fe

ar we're feedi

ng

Look at the li

ves we're lead

ing
             
The way we've 

              
always done be

    
fore



Verse Em 2

              
My hands are t


ied
             
The billions s

              
hift from side

             
 to side
            
And the wars g

o on with brai

nwashed pride
             
For the love o

              
f God and our 

            
human rights
       
And all these 

things are swe

pt aside
             
By bloody hand

              
s time can't d

              
eny
            
And are washed

 away by your 

genocide
             
And history hi

              
des the lies o

             
f our civil wa

         
rs

   

Solo 1

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Verse G 3
              
D'you wear a b

             
lack armband w

             
hen they shot 

           
the man
            
Who said     "

 
Peace could la

st forever"
             
And in my firs

              
t memories the

   
y shot Kennedy
            
And I went num

             
b when I learn

       
ed to see 
             
So I never fel

      
l for Vietnam
              
We got the wal

            
l of D.C. to r

                                          
emind us all 
           
That you can't

 trust freedom
             
When it's not 

              
in your hands 

            
when everybody

     
's fightin'
             
For their prom

           
ised land And


Chorus 1

            
    I don't ne

             
ed your civil 

    
war
             
    It feeds t

            
he rich while 

              
it buries the 

           
poor
             
    You're pow

            
er hungry sell

              
in' soldier In

              
 a      human 

 
grocery store 

Ain't that fre

sh
            
    I don't ne

             
ed your civil 

                
war

Solo 2

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Verse Em 4


Look at the sh

oes you're fil

ling

Look at the bl

ood we're spil

ling

Look at the wo

rld we're kill

ing
             
The way we've 

              
always done be

    
fore


Look in the do

ubt we've wall

owed

Look at the le

aders we've fo

llowed

Look at the li

es we've swall

owed
             
And I don't wa

              
nt to hear no 

 
more

 


Verse Em 5


              
My hands are t


ied
             
For all I've s

              
een has change

              
d my mind
 
But still the 

wars go on and

 the years go 

by
             
With no love o

             
f God or human

                          
 rights 
 
'cause all the

se dreams are 

swept aside
             
By bloody hand

              
s of the hypno

              
tized
 
Who carry the 

cross of homic

ide
             
And history be

             
ars the scars 

              
of our civil w

    
ars

Solo 3

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, , 
, 
, , 
 
Breakdown Rant
, , , , , 

Chorus
            
    I don't ne

             
ed your civil 

    
war
             
    It feeds t

            
he rich while 

              
it buries the 

           
poor
             
    You're pow

            
er hungry sell

              
in' soldier In

              
 a      human 

 
grocery store 

Ain't that fre

sh
            
    I don't ne

             
ed your civil 

                
war

            
    I don't ne

             
ed your civil 

    
war
             
    It feeds t

            
he rich while 

              
it buries the 

           
poor
             
    You're pow

            
er hungry sell

              
in' soldier In

              
 a      human 

 
grocery store 

Ain't that fre

sh
            
    I don't ne

             
ed your civil 

                
war

            
    I don't ne

             
ed one more wa

     
r
            
    I don't ne

             
ed one more wa

     
r

Solo 4

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