[Verse]
   Fm                          C/G
E|--------------------| e|--------------------|
B|--------------------| B|--------------------|
G|---1--1--1--1--1--1-| G|---0--0--0--0--0--0-|
D|--3--3--3--3--3--3--| D|--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
A|----3--3-----3--3---| A|----3--3-----3------|
E|-1--------1---------| E|-3--------3-----3---|

                                   [Chorus]
   Dbmaj7                      Abmaj7                      Cm/Eb
E|--------------------| e|--------------------|     e|--------------------|
B|------6--------6----| B|------4-------------|     B|------4-------------|
G|---5-----5--5-----5-| G|---5-----5----------|     G|---5-----5----------|
D|--6--6--6--6--6--6--| D|--5--5--5-----------|     D|--5--5--5-----------|
A|-4--4--4--4--4--4---| A|--------------------|     A|-6--6--6------------|
E|--------------------| E|-4--4--4------------|     E|--------------------|

   Fm                          C/G
E|--------------------| e|--------------------|
B|------1--------1----| B|------1--------1----|
G|---1-----1--1-----1-| G|---0-----0--0-----0-|
D|--3--3--3--3--3--3--| D|--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
A|----3--3-----3--3---| A|----3--3-----3------|
E|-1--------1---------| E|-3--------3-----3---|

                                   [Bridge]
   Bbm                         Bbm/Db                      C        C/E
E|--------------------| e|--------------------|     e|--------------------|
B|------6--------6----| B|------2--------2----|     B|------1--------1----|
G|---6-----6--6-----6-| G|---3-----3--3-----0-|     G|---0-----0--0-----0-|
D|--8--8--8--8--8--8--| D|--3--3--3--3--3--3--|     D|--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
A|--------------------| A|-4--4--4--4--4--4---|     A|-3--3--3------------|
E|-6--6--6--6--6--6---| E|--------------------|     E|----------0--0--0---|

   Fm                          Cm/Eb
E|--------------------| e|--------------------|
B|------1-------------| B|------4-------------|
G|---1-----0----------| G|---5-----5----------|
D|--3--3--3-----------| D|--5--5--5-----------|
A|--------------------| A|-6--6--6------------|
E|-1--1--1------------| E|--------------------|


[Intro]
Fm   C/G   Fm   C/G


[Verse 1]
Fm
somebody stop her
     C/G
the lifter, the runner
    Fm                        C/G
the girl with the gold in her mouth


     Fm
they caught her at london
C/G
waterloo station
       Fm             C/G
strung up on a ferris wheel

Fm   C/G   Fm   C/G


[Verse 2]
    Fm
she used to lose pageants
 C/G
"pick of the litter"
        Fm                         C/G
the newspapers screamed from their racks
Fm                      C/G
pictures at seven, nine-teen eighty-somethin'
      Fm                  C/G
the waltz on her father's shoes


[Chorus]
Dbmaj7              Abmaj7  Cm/Eb  Fm        C/G
 no more losing the war,              karen
Dbmaj7              Abmaj7  Cm/Eb  Fm        C/G
 no more losing the war,              karen

Fm   C/G   Fm   C/G

[Verse 3]
    Fm
but i really knew her
      C/G
in an after-pub-closing way
Fm                     C/G
falling down, crawling drunk 
   Fm                          C/G
laughing like children with sugared up gullets
  Fm       C/G
i rue this day


[Chorus]
Dbmaj7              Abmaj7  Cm/Eb  Fm        C/G
 no more losing the war,              karen,    oh karen...
Dbmaj7              Abmaj7  Cm/Eb
 no more losing the war


[Bridge]
Bbm                   Bbm/Db
 you got me all frustrated
      C    C/E      Fm   Cm/Eb
in an old fashioned way
Bbm           Bbm/Db
 easy does it rider
           C     C/E  Fm   C/G   Fm   C/G
i've had a long, long day


[Chorus]
Dbmaj7              Abmaj7  Cm/Eb  Fm        C/G
 no more losing the war,              karen
Dbmaj7              Abmaj7  Cm/Eb  Fm        C
 no more losing the war,              karen