Jesse Welles chords

Jesse Welles – War Is A God Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsAmFmaj7CDmGFEm

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[Verse 1]
            Am
Let's split up you
 go one way
            Fmaj7
I'll go the other
         Am
First of us to find
 some truth
Go back and help
    Fmaj7
his brother
      C
Maybe man don't
make the war
C
Maybe it's lying
there in wait
       Dm
All it needed was
 our mud and blood
Dm
And guts and guns
and hate
      Fmaj7
Maybe man don't make
 the war
         G
Maybe it calls upon
 our names
        Am
Come ye winners lose
 your soul
Come ye losers die
 in vain

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[Pre-Chorus]
            Am
Let's split up
Am
You go south
            Fmaj7
And I'll go north
     Am
On a race to do
some good
Come back with
      Fmaj7
the report
         C
It don't matter
 who was here first
C
Don't matter who
was last
         Dm
All that matters
is we're here
 right now
Dm
Can't the past jus
 be the past
Fmaj7
Bloodshed in
starvation
G
Bloodshed
G
Take heed
          Am
They both got
the same damn god
They just don't
know how to read


[Chorus]
      Am
Maybe war
Am
Is a god
And we're just
Fmaj7
super
Fmaj7
Superstitious
           G
It's gonna take
alotta blood
      F
Cause boy are we
Am
religious

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[Verse 2]
Am
Let's team up
Am
You go one way
              Fmaj7
And I'll come with
       Am
Find a way to
spread some love
And I wonder
Fmaj7
if, I wonder if...
      C
Maybe man don't
make the war
C
Maybe war is just
 the god
      Dm
Every bullet every
bombshell
Dm
A meditation
thrown aloft
F
Bloodshed
starvation
Em
Bloodshed and
pain
       Am
We all got the
 same damn god
We just call it
 different names


[Chorus]
      Am
Maybe war
Am
Is a god
And we're
     Fmaj7
just super
Fmaj7
Superstitious
           G
It's gonna take
 alotta blood
      F
Cause boy are
   Am
we religious



[Verse 3]
Am
Let's get together
Am
Let's go look
          Fmaj7
Open your mind
       Am
War is over if you
 want it
If you don't then
         Fmaj7
that's alright
          C
I saw the man who
 made a war
C
With his right
hand
 blown apart
        Dm
Throw a stick at
a machine
Dm
It was his final
work of art
Fmaj7
Seated bleeding
 out
    G
His kneecap taken
off
And that's the
Am
story
of the whole world
I can't seem to
 make it stop

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How to play War Is A God: key, chords and progression

War Is A God by Jesse Welles keeps coming home to A minor (no sharps or flats). You need 7 chords: Am, Fmaj7, C, Dm, G, F and Em.

Listen for Fmaj7 – Am – Fmaj7 – C (VImaj7 – i – VImaj7 – III in A minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.

Chord diagrams

Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
Fmaj7 chord on guitar (xx3210)
Fmaj7F A C E
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B

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War Is A God chords: questions

What key is War Is A God in?

War Is A God by Jesse Welles is centred on A minor (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in War Is A God?

War Is A God uses 7 chords: Am, Fmaj7, C, Dm, G, F, Em.

What is the chord progression of War Is A God?

The main progression is Fmaj7 – Am – Fmaj7 – C (VImaj7 – i – VImaj7 – III).

Is War Is A God easy to play on guitar?

Yes. Almost every chord is an open chord, so it suits beginners.

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