Oct272023

Stephen Wilson Jr. – All The Wars From Now On Piano & Ukulele

ChordsE A B C#m

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[Intro]
E A E A

[Verse 1]
    E
Hey Bill, Hey Don,
      A
Hey Roger, Hey Ron
     E
Four purple hearts full
                    B
 of war stories and local
diner black coffee
     E
They laugh at the fool,
           A
 talk some trash shoot
the pool
        E
They’re sweet as a slice
                    B
 of cherry pie with shrapnel
still in their bodies
       C#m
And I couldn’t help but
            A
sit there, watch em go about
    E
And that’s when it hit me,
       B
they got it figured out

[Chorus]
        E
All the wars from now on
           A
should be fought by old men
        E
Who are old enough to know
                     B
better now, Knowing better
than back then
                 E
They’d set their weapons
                A
 on the ground, Crack a
couple of cold beers
      E
Share polaroid’s of their
                    B
grandkids, let the black
powder smoke clear
       C#m
They’d play cards and
              A
shake hands, make some
new friends
        E
All the wars from now on
           B             E
should be fought by old men

[Verse 2]
E       A       E       A
                        Don’t
they usually send
     E
Some poor mother’s son,
          A
youth is wasted on the young
E
Recruit em right outta
                        B
 high school, Hell they won’t
 know any better
        E
They’ll fight it, they’ll die,
        A
 their hometowns will cry
    E
And all that’s left is some
                    B
 empty nests and a shaky
handwritten letter.
         C#m
And it’s been that
 way forever

[Chorus]
        E
All the wars from now on
           A
 should be fought by old men
        E
Who are old enough to know
                     B
better now, Knowing better
 than back then
                 E
They’d set their weapons on
             A
the ground, Crack a couple
of cold beers
      E
Share polaroid’s of
their grandkids,
         B
let the black powder
 smoke clear
       C#m
They’d play cards and shake
        A
 hands, make some new friends
        E
All the wars from now on
           B             E
 should be fought by old men

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[Bridge]
           C#m
There’d be peace on
Earth every day
      A
 and aint they,
the ones that usually
B        A      B
start it anyway.

[Chorus]
        E
All the wars from now on
           A
 should be fought by old men
        E
Who are old enough to know
                      B
better now, Knowing better
than back then
                 E
They’d set their weapons on
             A
the ground, Crack a couple
of cold beers
      E
Share polaroid’s of their
                    B
 grandkids, let the black
powder smoke clear
       C#m
They’d play cards and shake
        A
 hands, make some new friends
        E                   A
All the wars from now on
        E                   B
All the wars from now on

[Outro]
E A E B

How to play All The Wars From Now: key, chords and progression

These are All The Wars From Now On chords by Stephen Wilson Jr. on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

All The Wars From Now by Stephen Wilson Jr. is in the key of E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 4 chords: E, A, B and C#m.

The progression the song keeps returning to is E – A – E – B (I – IV – I – V in E major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, G, A, Bm (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.