Chord The War Drags On by Donovan

the war drags on donovan leitch tabbed by matthew choat moc0007@gmail . com i created this tab because the version that’s out there is incomplete and wrong in some places . . . enjoy and rate please! legend : = slide down , / = slide up , x = mute string , D = strum down , u = strum up , * = barre chord E7 : 020100 Em7 : 022030 Em6 : 022020 D/E * : 0577x5 D/C# : x477 xxintro : rhythm = 3/4 waltz D D u D u D D u D u D D u D u D D D u D u E : - 0 - - - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - - - 0 - - - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - - - 0 - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - - 3 - - - 0 - - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - - - - | | B : - 0 - - - x - x - x - x - - - 0 - - - x - x - x - x - - - 0 - - - x - x - x - x - - x - - - 0 - - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - - - - | | G : - 1 - - 9 - 9 - 9 - 9 - / - 1 - - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - / - 1 - - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - - 5 - / - 1 - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - - - o - | | D : - 2 - - 9 - 9 - 9 - 9 - / - 2 - - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - / - 2 - - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - - 5 - / - 2 - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - - - o - | | A : - 2 - - - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - - - 2 - - - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - - - 2 - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - - 3 - - - 2 - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - - - - - | | E : - 0 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - | | E E * E D E C E * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * to slide down into the barre chord shapes for the intro : 1 . make the open E - major shape with your index pointer , first finger on the G string . 2 . strum once , then release your index finger from the G string as you begin to slide down 3 . as you are sliding down , place your pinky fourth finger on the G string and your index finger on the a string . your ring finger third should remain on the D string for the open chord and the entire slide . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * verse 1 : E E7 A E let me tell you the story of a soldier named dan E E7 A E went out to fight the good fight in south vietnam E E7 A E went out to fight for peace , liberty and all D/E * D/C# E went out to fight for equality , hope , lets go chorus : Em7 Em6 E and the wa - - - - - - - - - - r drags on verse 2 : same progression as verse 1 found himself involved in a sea of blood and bones millions without faces - - without hope and without homes and the guns they grew louder as they made dust out of bones that the flesh had long since left just as the people left their homes : : repeat chorus : : verse 3 : theyre just there to make the people free but the way that theyre doing it , it dont seem like that to me just more blood letting and misery and tears that this poor countrys known for the last twenty years : : repeat chorus : : verse 4 : last night young dan had a nightmare it seems one that kept occurring and reoccurring in his dreams cities full of people running screaming and shouting loud and right overhead was a great orange mushroom cloud bridge : D/E * D/C# E and theres no - - - - - - - - - - more war cause theres no more world and my tears come screaming down yes i like crying on - - - - - - the ground : : repeat intro and fade with harmonica : :