What Did You Do In The War Dad

“what did you do in the war , dad?” – sonata arctica

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Am F Am G
E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
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E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

Am Am Am E
Am Am Am E

Gm D#
dad , what did you do in the war?
Gm
something to answer for?
F
you say too young i Am to know

Gm D#
dad , i’ve heard you cry at night
Gm
mournful and desperate blight
F
where did you learn that song you sing

Gm D D# A#
Cm D D# F
Gm D D# A#
Cm D D# F

Cm D#
“war is in me! i was the war!
Gm F
and your praying brings back the suffering
Cm D# Gm
no , please , don’t start to cry
Cm D#
i only pray you’ll never know
Gm F
the things i see every time i close my eyes
Cm D# Gm F
angels still have faces”

Gm
what did you do in the war , dad , tell me
D# A# F
why can’t you smile when the children sing
Gm D# A# F
did the wages of war cut your soaring wings
Gm D# A#
and your soul is now torn , unlike mine
Cm A# D#
do you fear yesterday will in someway
F
define the life of your child?

Am Am Am E
Am Am Am E
F#m F#m F#m C#
F#m F#m F#m C#
F#m

Gm D#
dad , i know what you did in the war
Gm
deeds devils would abhor
F
did you filfil the oath you swore?

Gm D#
dad , did you do it for me?
Gm
their blood for my life to live
F
in the hollow without reprieve , without you

Cm D#
“war is in me! i Am the war!
Gm F
don’t you force me to live the nightmare again!
Cm D# Gm
please , don’t make my cry
Cm D#
my son , you never ever want to know
Gm F
how when guarding your sleep serene i hear
Cm D# Gm F
the silence of the children who sang”

Gm D D# A#
Cm D D# F

Gm D D#
far and beyond the stars there’s
A# Cm
a place where all the love ,
D D# F
all the goodness we could have still resides
Gm D D# A#
but we choose life away from the light
Cm D D#
you can find ghosts of loss in the gaze of your
F
beautiful child