Key: C
Introduction: C G Am Bb Am G C G
C G Am Bb
When the war is over, we can be kind again
C G Am Bb
You can be my lover, I will be your friend
C G Am Bb
And the drunkard in the gutter who's laughing at the moon
C G Am Bb Am G
Will have whiskey and dry ginger served from a silver spoon
C G Am Bb
And the phonies and the copouts, the lonelies and the weird
C G Bb F
When the war is over, no battles to be won or lost
C Em Bb F
No one to claim the victory, no one cares to count the cost
C G Am Bb
And the children will be the teachers, their lessons will be so clear
C G Am Bb
And you will understand me, it's easy you will find
C G Am Bb Am G
To reach with open arms, to speak with open mind
C G Bb F
When the war is over, no battles to be won or lost
C Em Bb F
No one to claim the victory, no one cares to count the cost
C Em Bb F
When the war is, when the war is, when the war is over
C Em Bb F
When the war is, when the war is, when the war is over
C G C F
When the war is, when the war is, when the war is over
C Em C F
When the war is all over
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