Holy War
Alicia Keys
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Tom : C
[Intro]
C F Am C F Am G
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------5--|--------------------------------------|
G|---------5--------2--------5-----|--------5--------2--------5--------4--|
D|------5--------3--------7--------|-----5--------3--------7--------5-----|
A|---3-----------------------------|--3-----------------------------------|
E|------------1--------5-----------|-----------1--------5--------3--------|
Verso 1:
C F Am
If war is holy
C F Am G
And sex is obscene
C F Am
We've got it twisted
C F Am G
In this lucid dream
C F Am
Baptized in boundaries
C F Am G
Schooled in sin
C F Am
Divided by difference
C F Am G
Sexuality and skin
Pré-refrão:
F
Oh, so we can hate each other and fear each other
G
We can build these walls between each other
E
Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
Am
Keep yourself locked in, yourself locked in
F
Yeah, we can hate each other and fear each other
G
We can build these walls between each other
E
Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
Am
Keep yourself locked in, yourself locked
Refrão:
Am C F Am G
Oh-oh, maybe we should love somebody
Am C F Am G
Oh-oh, maybe we could care a little more
Am C F Am G
So, maybe we should love somebody
Am C F Am G
Instead of, polishing the bombs of holy war
Verso 2:
C F Am
What if sex was holy
C F Am G
And war was obscene
C F Am
And it wasn't twisted
C F Am G
What a wonderful dream
C F Am
Living for love
C F Am G
Unafraid of the end
C F Am
Forgiveness is the only
C F Am G
Real revenge
Pré-refrão:
F
Oh, so we can heal each other and fill each other
G
We can break these walls between each other
E
Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
Am
Keep yourself open, yourself open
F
Yeah, we can heal each other and fill each other
G
We can break these walls between each other
E
Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
Am
Keep yourself open, your open
Refrão:
Am C F Am G
So, maybe we should love somebody
Am C F Am G
Yeah, maybe we could care a little more
Am C F Am G
So, maybe we should love somebody
Am C F Am G
Instead of, polishing the bombs of holy war
Verso 3:
C F Am
What if love is holy
C F Am G
And hate obscene
C F Am
We should give life
C F Am G
To this beautiful dream
C F Am
Cause peace and love
C F Am G
Ain't so far
C F Am
If we nurse our wounds
C F Am G
Before they scar
C F Am
Nurse our wounds
C F Am G
Before they scar
[Final]
C F Am C F Am G
Hmm, hmm, hmm
C F Am
Hmm, hmm, hmm
C F Am G
Hmm, hmm, hmm
C F Am C F Am
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