Up In Our Bedroom After The War Chords - Stars






Stars: Up in Our Bedroom After the War

Its not a perfect chord transcription, but its pretty close and sounds great
played solo acoustically.

Capo on 4

INTRO: G  Em x2

     GEm    C  D 
Wake up! Say good morning to that sleepy person lying next to you
   Bm7      Em
If there's no one there, then there's no one there, 
       CD
but at least the war is over
     G   Em            C         D 
It's us - yes, we're back again, here to see you through, 'til the days end
   Bm7Em
And if the night comes, and the night will come, 
        C D
well at least the war is over
    Bm7   Em
Lift your head and look out the window
    C        D
Stay that way for the rest of the day and watch the time go
 Am7     EmC           D
Listen! The birds sing! Listen! The bells ring!
  C                        D
All the living are dead, and the dead are all living
    G  Em
The war is over and we are beginning...
     G   Em            C         D 
Gridlock on the parkway now, the television man is here to show you how
     Bm7  Em    
The channel fades to snow, it's off to work you go, 
        CD
but at least the war is over
     G   Em            C         D 
She's gone, she left before you woke, as you ate last night, neither of you spoke
Bm7     Em  
Dishes, tv, bed the darkness filled with dread, 
       C                D
but at least the war is over
    Bm7   Em
Lift your head and look out the window
    C        D
Stay that way for the rest of the day and watch the time go
 Am7     EmC           D
Listen! The birds sing! Listen! The bells ring!
  C                        D
All the living are dead, and the dead are all living
  C                        D
The war is over and we are beginning...
     G   Em            C         D 
We won, or we think we did, when you went away, you were just a kid
   Bm7         Em
And if you lost it all and you lost it, 
        C               D
we will still be there when the war is over
    Bm7   Em
Lift your head and look out the window
    C        D
Stay that way for the rest of the day and watch the time go
 Am7     EmC           D
Listen! The birds sing! Listen! The bells ring!
  C                        D
All the living are dead, and the dead are all living
  C                        D
The war is over and we are beginning...
        G                     Em                 G                     Em 
Here it comes! Here comes the first day! Here it comes! Here comes the first day!

{Repeat following lines until end}
          C                           D
It starts up in our bedroom after the war, 
C    D
Up in our bedroom after the war, 
          G   Em             G   Em          
After the war!     After the war...