Chords Info
- Tuning: Standard
- BPM: 124
- Key: C#
- Capo: 1st fret
- Chords: C, F, D, G, Bb, Dm, Em
- Suggested Strumming: D D D D
- D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
| Guitar Chords | Ukulele Chords |
| C – x32010 F – 133211 D – xx0232 G – 320003 Bb – x13331 Dm – xx0231 Em – 022000 | Â C – 0003 F – 2010 D – 2220 G – 0232 Bb – 3211 Dm – 2210 Em – 0402 |
[Verse]
C
Nobody wants to die
C
That's for sure
F
So can you tell me
C
what war is for
C F
Mr. President I know
you're a clever man
D G
Please can you tell me in words
I'll understand
[Verse]
C
No mother on Earth wants to
Bb
lose her own child
F C
Out on some cold battlefield
C
So why must soldiers go marching
F
in rank and file
Dm F
And terrorize and murder
G C Em
I'm asking you once more
G C
Tell me what war is for
[Verse]
Bb
Mr. President I know
I'm only nine
F
But I'm frightened in a forest
C
Of missiles, tanks and mines
C
You tell me to run for shelter
F
Whenever the sirens blow
D
While my life is put in danger
G
For reasons I don't know
[Verse]
C
And the lives of all the others
C
Do you hear the babies cry
F
While fire bombs and rockets
C
Rain down from the sky
C
They stand there face to face
F
And could be friends instead
Dm
But before they give
F
each other a chance
G C
They shoot each other dead
Em
Come on how dumb is that
F C
Tell me what war is for
[Verse]
C
And then you ask all the billions
Bb C
Of people all around the globe
F
If war was ever going to help them
C
To eat their heavy load
C
Or did you just ask your cronies
F
How much money
they all could make
D
To adorn their wives with jewelry
G
While sowing the seeds of hate
[Verse]
C
Or is it still about religion
C
And which God rules above
F
If there is or
there isn't a heaven
C
I thought that the message was love
Bb
Or are there any other reasons
F
For causing so much pain
Dm
Well I guess that
F
I'm just too young
G C
And I'll understand in a while
[Outro]
Em F G C
I guess I'm still too young
Em F C
Cause I'm just a child
Track Info
- Song: What Is War For
- Artist: Voices for UNICEF
- Writers Udo Lindenberg
- Released Date: 1 November 2024
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