What Did You Do In The War Dad

"what did you do in the war , dad?" - sonata arctica Intro : Am F Am G E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B | - 13 - - 12 - 12 - 13 - 12 - 10 - | - 13 - - 12 - 12 - 13 - 12 - 10 - | - 13 - - 12 - 12 - 13 - 12 - 13 - | - 13 - - - 12 - - - 12 - - - - - - - | G | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | D | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | Am Am Am E Am Am Am E Gm D# dad , what did you do in the war? Gm something to answer for? F you say too young i Am to know Gm D# dad , i’ve heard you cry at night Gm mournful and desperate blight F where did you learn that song you sing Gm D D# A# Cm D D# F Gm D D# A# Cm D D# F Cm D# "war is in me! i was the war! Gm F and your praying brings back the suffering Cm D# Gm no , please , don’t start to cry Cm D# i only pray you’ll never know Gm F the things i see every time i close my eyes Cm D# Gm F angels still have faces" Gm what did you do in the war , dad , tell me D# A# F why can’t you smile when the children sing Gm D# A# F did the wages of war cut your soaring wings Gm D# A# and your soul is now torn , unlike mine Cm A# D# do you fear yesterday will in someway F define the life of your child? Am Am Am E Am Am Am E F#m F#m F#m C# F#m F#m F#m C# F#m Gm D# dad , i know what you did in the war Gm deeds devils would abhor F did you filfil the oath you swore? Gm D# dad , did you do it for me? Gm their blood for my life to live F in the hollow without reprieve , without you Cm D# "war is in me! i Am the war! Gm F don’t you force me to live the nightmare again! Cm D# Gm please , don’t make my cry Cm D# my son , you never ever want to know Gm F how when guarding your sleep serene i hear Cm D# Gm F the silence of the children who sang" Gm D D# A# Cm D D# F Gm D D# far and beyond the stars there’s A# Cm a place where all the love , D D# F all the goodness we could have still resides Gm D D# A# but we choose life away from the light Cm D D# you can find ghosts of loss in the gaze of your F beautiful child