When The War Came Chords & Lyrics - Decemberists

[INTRO]

[Bsus2]

[VERSE 1]

With all the grain of Babylon
To cultivate, To make us strong
And hidden here behind the walls
Are shoulders wide and timber on
Till the [Asus2]war came
Till the [Bsus2]war came

[VERSE 2]

A terrible autonomy
Is grafted onto you and me
A trust put in the governments
Who told their lies as heaven sent
Till the [Asus2]war came
Till the [Bsus2]war came

[CHORUS]

And the [G]war came with a [Asus2]curse and a caterwaul [Bsus2]
And the [G]war came with all the [Asus2]poise of a cannonball [Bsus2]
And they're [G]picking out our ey[A]es by [Em]cold and candle[G]light
When the [G]war came
The [Asus2]war came hard [Bsus2]

[VERSE 3]

We made our oaths to Avalon
We'd not betray the soul lain on
The acres of hysteracy
To our own pangs of starvation
[Asus2]When the war came
[Bsus2]When the war came

[CHORUS]

And the [G]war came with a [Asus2]curse and a caterwaul [Bsus2]
And the [G]war came with all the [Asus2]poise of a cannonball [Bsus2]
And they're [G]picking out our ey[A]es by [Em]cold and candle[G]light
When the [G]war came
[Asus] Bssu2
The war came hard

[OUTRO]

With all the grain of Babylon
With all the grain of Babylon