This War Is Over

This war is over (Melissa Etheridge)
E|------------------------------------| 

>From the "Your Little Secret" album. Guitar chords are written above the
lyrics, Bass parts below the lyrics.


[Intro] :

             <----------------------bassline1----------------------->
A|--------| |.------/5--/-10-------(10\)|-----/5--/-10----\7~~-\5~~\--.|| 
E|--3/5\3-| |.--3-\-------------(13)----|(3\)-------------------------.|| 
           \\                          |                             //   

[repeat bassline1 three more times]


G                    G               G                      G
Take off my shield  carry my sword   I won't need it  any  more
<---bassline1---->  <--bassline1-->  <-----bassline1---->  <-bassline1->

G                    G                  G                   G
Find me a sky     & give me my wings  frozen & broken, but free
<--bassline1-->   <---bassline1--->  <-----bassline1---->  <-bassline1->

[Chorus]:
               C                        G
Tell them I'm all right    I'm  coming home
              <--bassline2-->          <--bassline1->


               C                        G
Tell them I'm all right    I    am    alone
              <--bassline2-->          <--bassline1->


            Am      C                G
This war is o-ve-r--.    I'm coming home
bass: E-----8-7--5-/15--             <--bassline1-->

G                   G                G                         G
Take off my shame  bury it low       I won't  need  it  any    more
Find me the Sun  & give me it whole  melt all the chains in my soul

[Chorus]

[Break]:
e E|------------------------------------|-----------------------------| 
B -15--13--12--12----15--13--12--12----15--13--12-----13--12--12---|    
G E|------------------------------------|------------14---------------| 

e --------------13--------------12--(12h)13--12--------------------|    
B --12--13--15-----------------------------------15--12------------|    
G E|------------------------------------|-----------------------------| 

e --------------13-----(13h)15--12--(12h)13--12--------------------|    
B --12--13--15-----------------------------------15--12------------|    
G E|------------------------------------|-----------------------------| 

e ------------up---down---------------------------------|    
B -----------12-(13)-12---------------------------------|    
G ----------------------12------------------------------|    
D ----------------------------14----12----(12h14p12)12--|    
A E|------------------------------------|------------------| 
E E|------------------------------------|------------------| 

                                                    Take off...


(acapella)
Take off my pain   carry me slow     I won't fight here any more

[Chorus]

[Ad lib guitar over bassline 3 to fade]


    // bassline 3 :
A -||.E|------------------------------------||
E -||.-3--3--3--3--/10------10--12--10-\--|
   \\
A|--------------------------10--12--10-\--.| | 
E|----3--3--3--3--/10---------------------.| | 
                                          //   

 & occasionally: ... A -----12--10--------|
E|-------------12-\--| 

EADGBe
320003 - G
X32010 - C
X02210 - Am

/ is a slide up
\ is a slide down
* is don't pick the note, just slide up/down to it
h is a hammer on
p is a pull off
~~ is finger vibrato

    up  down
B-12-(13)-12- is pick at the 12th fret, bend the b upto c then back down

bassline2 (first half of first two lines of chorus) is :

    //                          |                            \\
D -||-------------*-------------|----------5p0----------------||
A -||:------/5--/-7~~\----------|----------------\7~~-\5~~\--:||
E -||---3-\---------------------|-----------------------------||
    \\                          |                            //