Rich Man's War Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Jimmy joined [A]the army â??cause he
had no place to [D]go
There [Dm]ain't nobody [D]hirin'
[A]'Round here sin[D]ce all the jobs went
[A]Down [Em]to Mexico[G]
Reckoned that he'd learn himself
a trade maybe [Em]see the [A]world
[G]Move to the city someday and[Em]
marry [G]a black h[A]aired girl
[G]Somebody somewhere
had an[D]other [G]plan
Now he's got a rifle [D]in his hand
Rollin' into Bagh[A]dad wonderin'
how he got this [Bm]far[G][D]
Just another poor [A]boy off to fight a
rich man's [D]war[A]
[G][D][A]

[Verse 2]
[D]Bobby had an eagle and [A]a flag
[D]tat[A]tooed on his arm[D]
Red white and blue to the bone when
he landed [G]in Kandahar[Em][G]
Left behind a pretty young
wife and a [A]baby girl
[G]A stack of overdue bills and went
off [A]to save [G]the world
Been a year now and he's
[D]still [G]there
Chasin' ghosts [D]in the thin dry air
Meanwhile back at home the fin[A]ance company
took his [Bm]car[G][Em][G][Em][D]
Just another poor [A]boy off to fight a rich man's [D]war[G][Bm]
[G][D][A]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][D][G][Bm][G][D][A][G][Bm]

[Verse 3]
When will we [G]ever [D]learn
When will we [A]ever [Em]see[Bm]
We stand up and [G]take our [D]turn
And keep tellin' ourselves [A]we're free

[Verse 4]
[D]Ali was the second [A]son
of a second [D]son
Grew up in Gaza [A]throwing bottles and [D]rock
[A]s when the tank[Em]s wou[G]ld come
Ain't nothin' else to do around here just
a game children [A]play[C#dim][A][C#dim]
[Em]Some[G]thin' 'bout livin' in fear all
your life makes [A]you hard that way
[G]

[Verse 5]
He answered when he got [D]the call
[G]Wrapped himself in death
and [D]praised Allah
A fat man in a new Mer[A]cedes
drove him to the [Bm]door[G]
[D]Just another poor [A]boy off
to fight a rich man's [D]war