Life During Wartime Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][A][Am][Am]
[Am][A][Am][Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Heard of a van that is loade[A]d with weapons
[Am]Packed up and ready to go
Heard of some grave sites,
[A]out by the highway
[Am]A place where nobody knows
The sound of gunfire,
[A]is off in the distance,
[Am]I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstone,
[A]lived in a ghetto,
[Am]I've lived all over this town

[Chorus 1]
[E]This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
This ain't no fooling around
[E]No time for dancing, or lovey dovey,

[Verse 2]
I ain't got time for that now
[Am]Transmit the messa[A]ge, to the receiver,
[Am]Hope for an answer some day
I got three passports,
[A]a couple of visas,
[Am]You don't even know my real name
High on a hillside,
[A]the trucks are loading,
[Am]Everything's ready to roll
I sleep in the daytime,
[A]I work in the nighttime,
[Am]I might not ever get home

[Chorus 2]
[E]This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
This ain't no fooling around
[E]This ain't no Mudd Club, or C. B. G. B

[Interlude 1]
I ain't got time for that now
[Am][A][Am][Am]
[Am][A][Am][Am]

[Verse 3]
[Am]Heard about Houston?
[A]Heard about Detroit?
[Am]Heard about Pittsburgh, P. A.?
You oughta know not to
[A]stand by the window
[Am]Somebody see you up there
I got some groceries,
[A]some peanut butter,
[Am]To last a couple of days
But I ain't got no speakers,
[A]ain't got no headphones,
[Am]Ain't got no records to play

[Chorus 3]
[E]Why stay in college?
Why go to night school?
Gonna be different this time
[E]Can't write a letter, can't send no postcard,

[Verse 4]
I ain't got time for that now
[Am]Trouble in transit,
[A]got through the roadblock,
[Am]We blended in with the crowd
We got computers,
[A]we're tapping phone lines,
[Am]I know that that ain't allowed
We dress like students,
[A]we dress like housewives,
[Am]Or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle,
[A]so many times now,
[Am]I don't know what I look like!

[Verse 5]
[Am]You make me shiver,
[A]I feel so tender,
[Am]We make a pretty good team
Don't get exhausted,
[A]I'll do some driving,
[Am]You ought to get you some sleep
Burned all my notebooks,
[A]what good are notebooks?
[Am]They won't help me survive
My chest is aching,
[A]burns like a furnace,
[Am]The burning keeps me alive
[Fade out]