Decemberists - This Is Why We Fight Chords & Tabs

 

This Is Why We Fight Chords & Tabs

Decemberists Chords & Tabs

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This Is Why We Fight Chords

   
Artist: The Decemberists
Song: This Is Why We Fight
Album: The King Is Dead
Tabbed by: Don Tago
Email: recebedou@yahoo.com


Standard Tuning


Chords used:
    EADGBe
A:  002220
D:  000232
E:  022100
F#m:244222
G#m:466444

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Intro: [F#m - G#m - A] x4


Verse 1:
F#m  G#m         A    F#m  G#m       A
        Come the war,       come the avarice
F#m  G#m         A          F#m  G#m  A        
        Come the war, come how?
F#m  G#m       A       F#m  G#m         A
        Come attrition,        come the reek of bones
F#m  G#m       A              F#m  G#m  A
        Come attrition, come how?

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Chorus 1:
A             E          F#m         D
  This is why,  why we fight, why we lie awake
A             E         F#m           D
  This is why,  this is why we fight
A                 E             F#m          D
  And when we die,   we will die,   with our arms unbound
A             E                 F#m   D             F#m G#  A    F#m G#  A    
  This is why,   this is why we fight,    come how?


Verse 2: [use verse 1 chords]
Right of quiet, writer on quiet vein
Right of quiet, right of how
Come the arches, come the infant cheek
Come the arches of how


Chorus 2: [use chorus 1 chords]
This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake  
This is why, this is why we fight
And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound  
This is why, this is why we fight, come how, come how?


Interlude: [F#m - G#m - A] x4


Chorus 3: [use chorus 1 chords]
This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake  
This is why, this is why we fight
And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound  
This is why, this is why we fight


Chorus 4: [use chorus 1 chords]
So come to me, come to me now
Lay your arms around me
This is why, this is why we fight 
Come how, come how, come how, come how?