Sting - This war

You've ^Cgot the mouth of a she wolf Inside the ^Ammask of an innocent lamb You say your ^Emheart is all compassion Dsus2/F# G But there's just a flat line on your cardiogram

Yet you ^Amalways made a profit baby ^C If it was a famine or a feast^Em

Yes, I'm the ^Csoul of indiscretion, I was ^Amcursed with x-ray vision, I could ^Emsee right through all the lies you told, Dsus2/F# G When you smiled for the television

And you can ^Amsee the coming battle ^C You pray the drums will never cease^Em And you may ^Amwin this war that's coming^C But would you tolerate the peace'^Em

OoHooHo^DooooHo^GooHo^Cooo^Amoo In^Dvesting in munitions And those ^Glittle cotton flags Invest in ^Cwooden caskets In guns and ^Ambody bags, guns and body bags^{G Em}

Your ^Cdaddy was a businessman And it ^Amalways made good sense You know the ^Emwar can make you rich my friend Dsus2/F# G In dollars, pounds and cents

In the ^Amtemple that was Mammon's ^C You were ordained the parish priest^Em Yes you ma^Amy win this coming battle ^C But could you tolerate the peace'^Em

OoHooHo^DooooHo^GooHo^Cooo^Amoo OoHooHo^DooooHo^GooHo^Cooo^Amoo In^Dvest in deadly weapons And those ^Glittle cotton flags Invest in ^Cwooden caskets In guns and ^Ambody bags You're ^Dinvested in oppression Investing ^Gin corruption Invest in every ^Ctyranny And the whole world's destruc^Amtion ^{G Em}

I ^Gimagine there's a ^Emfuture When all the ^Gearthly wars are ^Emover You may ^Gfind yourself just ^Emstanding there On the ^Gwhite cliffs of ^EmDover

You may ^Gask, what does it ^Emprofit a man To gain the ^Gwhole world and suffer the ^Emloss of his soul' Is that your ^Gbody you see on the ^Emrocks below As the ^Gtide begins to ^Emroll'

And you ^Aminvested in this prison ^C From which you never got released^Em You may have ^Amwon this war we're fighting ^C But would you tolerate the peace'^{D G C Am}

OoHooHo^DooooHo^GooHo^Cooo^Amoo There's a ^Dwar on our democracy A wa^Gr on our dissent There's a war inside re^Cligion And what J^Cesus might have meant

^DThere's a war on mother nature A ^Gwar upon the seas There's a war upon the^C forests On the b^Cirds and the bees

^DThere's a war on education A ^Gwar on information A war between the ^Csexes And ^Cevery nation

A ^Dwar on our compassion A war on understa^Gnding A war on love and^C life itself It's war that they're dem^Amanding^{C Am C}

Make it ^Geasy on your^Emself And don't do ^Gnothing^Em