Jun12023

Atomic – Greater Battle Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsAm G C Dm D Em Em7 E5 F E E7sus4 A Bm A#

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[Intro]
Am G C Dm
Am G C D

[Verse 1]
    Am
The war we feared and
 G                 C     Dm
 fought against is over.
    Am                G
The day we longed and prayed
              C     G
 for has now come.
             Dm
Our greatest fear
proved wrong,
               Em         Em7
 there was no German bomb.

[Verse 2]
    Am              G
The dead now number in
             C        Dm
the tens of millions
    Am                 G
and though so much was lost,
         C
 the is won.
               Dm
It took twleve tragic years
                Em
but there's no time for
          E5  Em
tears.

[Chorus]
  C               F
A new and greater battl's
        G
 on the way
     C               F
and if we lose we'll have
              G
 the world to pay
        Am                G
Can you hear the wardrums roll,
             C
in this new battle for
      F       E Em
 our soul?

[Solo]
Am G C Dm
Am G C D

[Verse 3]
   Am                G
We can't go back and undo
         C        Dm
 what we started,
  Am                 G
unplant the seed and take
                 C
back all we've done.
         Dm
The atom we helped free
             Em     E7sus4  Em
 is now the enemy.

[Bridge]
    Am                G
To use the bomb will cost
            G          Dm
us all we fought for.
         Am
It's not winning when you've
 G                    C
lost all that you've won.
             Dm
The greatest casualty our
     Em
own humanity. Where's our
  F                 G
morality? This is insanity.

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[Chorus]
  C               F
A new and greater battle's
        G
on the way
     C               F
and if we lose we'll have
              G
 the world to pay.
        Am                G
Can you hear the wardrums roll
             C
 in this new battle
         F      G
for our soul?


  D              G
A new and grater battle's
       A
on the way.
       D       G        A
We'll have the world to pay.

[Outro]
        Bm
Can you hear the wardrums
 A                D
 roll in this new battle,
        Bm
Can you hear the wardrums
 A                D
 roll in this new battle,
        Bm       A        G
Can you hear the wardrums roll
    F        Em     A
 in this new battle for
    A# C D
 our soul?

How to play Greater Battle: key, chords and progression

These are Greater Battle chords by Atomic on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

To play Greater Battle by Atomic, think in A minor (no sharps or flats). It takes 14 chords: Am, G, C, Dm, D, Em, Em7, E5, F, E, E7sus4 and A and 2 more.

Listen for Am – G – C – Dm (i – VII – III – iv in A minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: F, Bm and A# are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.