Love And War chords

[VERSE 1]
I [Gm]met hi[Eb]m, [Bb]during the second world [F]war
[Gm]I wore [Eb]glasses, [Bb]he wore a [F]scar
He t[Gm]old me I looked [Eb]like his mother
[Bb]who he'd loved very [F]much
I to[Gm]ld him he looked l[Eb]ike my brother
[Bb]who had always liked to[F] touch me

[REFRAIN 1]
And we made l[Cm]ove, in the [Gm]room
i[Dm]n which we would [Am]die
And we made l[Cm]ove in that r[Gm]oom
only G[Dm]od knows [Am]why

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Gm] [Eb] [Bb] [F]

[VERSE 2]
[Gm]Clocks were t[Eb]icking, [Bb]or was it, a b[F]omb?
[Gm]People were s[Eb]inging, or was it [Bb]crying all alo[F]ng?
[Gm]Time was ti[Eb]cking away, both too [Bb]slow and too f[F]ast
[Gm]Sometimes we yearned [Eb]for the future
[Bb]sometimes we wished for the p[F]ast

[REFRAIN 2]
And the wo[Cm]rking would set us f[Gm]ree
but a[Dm]ll it did was [Am]killing me
but I[Cm]'m not saying that t[Gm]hey lied
'cause [Dm]in the end the were [Am]right

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Gm] [Eb] [Bb] [F]

[VERSE 3]
He g[Gm]ave me his n[Eb]umber, for [Bb]they had taken his [F]name
[Gm]I showed him [Eb]mine, it was[Bb] almost the [F]same
And he s[Gm]miled the only [Eb]smile he remembered,
[Bb]like a star too far aw[F]ay
and he [Gm]told me, if you [Eb]mix all the colors
you'll [Bb]end up with black and [F]gray

[REFRAIN 3]
And it was t[Cm]hose two co[Gm]lors
[Dm]that filled our [Am]lives
[Cm]Not only our [Gm]minds and bodies
but [Dm]also the [Am]skies

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Gm] [Eb] [Bb] [F]

[OUTRO]
[Gm]I met h[Eb]im du[Bb]ring, the second world w[F]ar
[Gm]I wore g[Eb]lasses,[Bb] he wore a [F]scar
He t[Gm]old me I looked l[Eb]ike his mother
[Bb]and that his heart was all m[F]ine
I t[Gm]old him he would [Eb]be a father
[Bb]if it weren't for t[F]ime

End on Gm