Capo on 2nd
Verse:
Dm A#
Don't try to explain your mind
C
I know what's happening here
Dm A#
One minute, it's love
C
And, suddenly, it's like a battlefield
Dm A#
One word turns into a
C
Why is it the smallest things that tear us down
Dm
My world's nothing when you're gone
C
I'm out here without a shield - can't go back, now
A# F C
Both hands tied behind my back for nothing, oh, no
A# F C
These times when we climb so fast to fall, again
C A#
Why we gotta fall for it, now...
Chorus:
F C
I never meant to start a war
C A#
You know, I never wanna hurt you
F C
Don't even know what we're fighting for
C A# F C
Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield
C A# F C
Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield
C
Why does love always feel like
Verse:
Dm
Can't swallow our pride
C
Neither of us wanna raise that flag, mmm
Dm
If we can't surrender
C
Then, we're both gonna lose what we have, oh, no
A# F C
Both hands tied behind my back for nothing, oh, no
A# F C
These times when we climb so fast to fall, again
C A#
Why we gotta fall for it, now...
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Chorus:
F C
I never meant to start a war
C A#
You know, I never wanna hurt you
F C
Don't even know what we're fighting for
C A# F C
Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield
C A# F C
Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield
C A# F C
Better go and get your armor (get your armor), get your armor (get your armor)
C A# F C
I guess you better go and get your armor (get your armor), get your armor (get your armor)
C
I guess you better go and get your
Bridge:
Gm C7
We could pretend that we are friends, tonight (oh)
F A#7
And, in the morning, we wake up, and we'd be alright
Em7 A7
'Cause, baby, we don't have to fight
A A# F
And I don't want this love to feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a
C
battlefield
C A# F C
Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield
C A#
I guess you better go and get your armor...
Chorus:
A# F C
I never meant to start a war
Dm C A#
You know, I never wanna hurt you
F C
Don't even know what we're fighting for
Dm C A# F C
Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield
Dm A# F C
Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield
A# F C
Better go and get your armor (get your armor), get your armor (get your armor)
Dm C A# F C
I guess you better go and get your armor (get your armor), get your armor (get your armor)