Girl In The War Josh Ritter chord dissection by Matt Rowley capo 3 the whole picking scheme is just a basic ascending arpeggio of some chords: C Csus4 E------------------------------------ B-------1-------1-------------------- G-----0-------0---------------------- D---2-------3-----repeated for verses A-3-------3-------------------------- E------------------------------------ Intro: C, Csus4 x 3 [C]Peter said to [Csus4]Paul: You know [C]all those [Csus4]words we [C]wrote? [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] Just the [C]rules of the [Csus4]game, and the [C]rules are the [Csus4]first to [C]go [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] Now [Am]talking to God is Laurel [F]begging Hardy for a [C]gun [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] Got a [Am]girl in the war, man I [F]wonder what it is we've [C]done [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] [C]Paul said to [Csus4]Peter: You gotta [C]rock yourself a [Csus4]little [C]harder [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] Pretend the [C]dove from [Csus4]above is a [C]dragon and your [Csus4]feet are on [C]fire [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] Got a [Am]girl in the war, son the [F]only thing I know to [C]do [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] [Am]Turn up the music and [F]pray that she makes it [C]through [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] Because the [C]keys to the [Csus4]kingdom got [C]locked [Csus4]inside the [C]kingdom [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] And the [C]angels fly [Csus4]around in [C]there, but [Csus4]we can't see [C]them [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] Got a [Am]girl in the war, Paul I [F]know they can hear me [C]yell [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] If [Am]they can't find a way to [F]help her, they can go to [C]hell, [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] If [Am]they can't find a way to [F]help her, they can go to [C]hell, ...Interlude... [C]Paul said to [Csus4]Peter: You gotta [C]rock yourself a [Csus4]little [C]harder [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] Pretend the [C]dove from [Csus4]above is a [C]dragon and your [Csus4]feet are on [C]fire [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] Got a [Am]girl in the war, Paul her [F]eyes are like [C]champagne [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] They [Am]sparkle, bubble over, and in the [F]morning all you've got is [C]rain [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] They [Am]sparkle, bubble over, and in the [F]morning all you've got is [C]rain [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] They [Am]sparkle, bubble over, and in the [F]morning all you've got is [C]rain [Csus4] [C] [Csus4] ...Interlude and end.