Artist: The Briggs
Album: Numbers
Song: 3rd World War
Tabber: clark@theoddmenout.com
The Briggs are a great Oi! band and this is an awesome song by them. Saw them at
the Warped Tour and they rocked!!!
*= Mute chord
/= Slide note
Intro:
(Riff 1)
D--7--7--7-5-4-2-|
Chorus 1
D G
We'll go home when the battle's over A----7-5-4-|
D A (Riff 2) E--5-------|
We'll go home, clothes all drenched in blood
D G
This is the life we choose this is how the story goes
A
For those who fight in the 3rd World War
(Riff 3)
e--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G-777777-6/777777-6/777777-6/7777766---|
D-777777-6/777777-6/777777-6/7777766-7-|
A-555555-4/555555-4/555555-4/5555544-7-|
E-------------------------------****-5-|
Verse 1
D* G*
It's us against the world today, you know this could go on forever(forever)
D*
Pollute our minds with what they say, you gotta run alone,
G*
But I know it ain't so (ain't so)
D* G*
We can have it our own way, but we gotta learn to work together (together)
D D
I see them capitalizing on other people's woes,
D A
I see them on the streets and everywhere I go!
Repeat Chorus 1, Riff 3
Solo:
e----------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------77-88-10-|
G-777777-6777777-6777777-7-99------------|
D----------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------77-88-10-10-99-88-77---------------|
G-6777777-6-77-99----------------------99-77-66-44-2-|
D----------------------------------------------------|
Bridge:
G* D*
You try to understand everything we say
A* D*
You try to analyze everything we do
G* D*
Ask me what it it is that we're fighting for
A
It's for freedom that we fight the 3rd World War
Verse 2:
D* G*
Living in the world today, I see that things could be much better (better)
D*
But I'm never gonna give up,
G*
Not gonna lay my head down, no never (never)
D*
You live your life for just one day,
G*
The faceless never remembered (remembered)
D D
I see them capitalizing on other people's woes
D A
I see them on the streets and everywhere i go
Play Chorus 2x with picking the chords softly (I can't hear the exact thing)
Chorus 2
E A
We'll go home when the battle's over A----9-7-6-|
E B E--7-------|
We'll go home, clothes all drenched in blood
E A
This is the life we choose this is how the story goes
B
For those who fight in the 3rd World War
Repeat this once and the second time play the solo (variated) one full step higher
End on E
I think this is pretty good. There are two guitars so I tried iinclude most of
their parts, but I basically did the general idea of it. Go to www.thebriggs.org
for more info on them and www.theoddmenout.com for info on my band.