This Is War Chords & Tabs
This is actually how I play the verses but you can use power chords and it
sounds fine as well. It is also the intro riff that is played twice before
the first verse.
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----88888--------------66666------------|
A|-666---------44444--444--------66666----|
E|----------222---------------444---------|
Verse 1:
D# F#
A warning to the people
C# G#
The good and the evil
D# F# C# G#
This is war
D# F#
To the soldier, the civilian
C# G#
The martyr, the victim
D# F# C# G#
This is war
On the prechorus I just palm mute this until the last chord.
Play each chord six times except for the last one.
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------6------------------|
D|-8---10--11-----13--8---10--11----------6------------------|
A|-6---8---9------11--6----8--13----------4------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D# F
It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie
F# Ab
The moment to live and the moment to die
D# F F# C#
The moment to fight, the moment to fight, to fight, to fight, to fight
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Chorus:
F# C#
To the right, to the left
D# B
We will fight to the death
F# C#
To the Edge of the Earth
D# B
It's a brave new world from the last to the first
F# C#
To the right, to the left
D# B
We will fight to the death
F# C#
To the Edge of the Earth
D#
It's a brave new world
B
It's a brave new world
(Intro riff twice)
Verse 2:
D# F# C# G#
A warning to the prophet, the liar, the honest
D# F# C# G#
This is war
D# F# C# G#
Ooh To the leader, the pariah, the victim, the messiah
D# F# C# G#
This is war
(Prechorus)
(Chorus)
Bridge:
F#
I do believe in the light
Raise your hands up to the sky
The fight is done
The war is won
Lift your hands
Towards the sun
Towards the sun
Towards the sun
Towards the sun
The war is won
(Prechorus)
(Chorus)
F# D#
(woahohaho) A brave new world
B F#
(woahohaho)The war is won
F# D#
(woahohaho) The war is won
B F# D# F# D# F# D# F# D# F#
(woahohaho) A brave new world