Day Before We Went To War(Chords)

	        Intro: Dm Dm Dm C  (x2) 

Verse: 1 
         Dm 
All the pictures on the wall 
     C 
The sand lying on the floor 
             Dm 
The bed upstairs, still unmade 
     Dm 
The dust float in the light 
     C 
The people just left 
      Bm 
All laughter and mess 
    Am 
Forgetting this and that 
            Gm     F C 
And rushing back 

Verse: 2 
     Dm 
The front door open 
     Dm                         Dm 
The music still playing in one room 
              Dm 
Down the hall 
      C                  Dm 
And towels on the floor 
               Dm 
And then it's quiet 
          Dm 
Just the bees and birds 
     C 
The summer haze 
        Bb             Am 
Of the trees, and the air 
          Gm F          C 
Feeds it all, feeds it all 


            Dm 
We can all feel it 
         C                 Bb 
Like a light hand on your back 
          Am 
Welcoming you 
            Dm 
We can all feel it 
         C                 Bb 
Like a light hand on your back 
          Am 
Welcoming you 
    Gm     F       C 
The day before we went to war 
     C 
The day before we went to war 
C           Dm 
We can all feel it 


Verse: 3 
         Dm 
All the parasols and kids at play 
     C 
The sea so still and calm 
Dm 
Blue as the cloudless sky 
C 
Just the gentle hum 
        Dm 
Of the summer's goings on 
Dm 
Broken by the sudden rush 
         Dm 
Of two planes 
        C 
Flying low and fast 
         Bb             Am 
Into the sun, into the sun 


            Dm 
We can all feel it 
         C                 Bb 
Like a light hand on your back 
          Am 
Welcoming you 
            Dm 
We can all feel it 
         C                 Bb 
Like a light hand on your back 
          Am 
Welcoming you 
    Gm     F       C 
The day before we went to war 
     C 
The day before we went to war 
C           Dm 
We can all feel it 


Instrumental: 
Dm Dm Dm C  x2 
Gm F C 

 
            Dm 
We can all feel it 
         C                 Bb 
Like a light hand on your back 
          Am 
Welcoming you 
            Dm 
We can all feel it 
         C                 Bb 
Like a light hand on your back 
          Am 
Welcoming you 
    Gm     F       C 
The day before we went to war 
     C 
The day before we went to war 

	        

Written by Dido Armstrong/Rollo Armstrong/Brian Eno