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Guns N Roses : "Civil war" Guitar tabs

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			Civil War

		      Guns N Roses

 Em
 Rhy.Fig 1                          G
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------0----------------0---------|-------0---------------0-------------|
|---2-----2---2------2-----2-----0-|---0-----0---0-----0-----0-----2-----|
|-----2-----2------2---2-----0h2---|-----2-----2-----2---2-----0h2-------|
|-0--------------0-----------------|-3-------------3---------------------|

 Em                      G
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|------0---------0------|------0-----------2-0-2-|
|---2---2-2---2---2---2-|---0---2---0---0-----2--|
|--2-2---2---2-2---0h2--|--2-2---0h2---0-0-------|
|-0---------0-----------|-3-----------2----------|


 Riff A
 Em                G                   Em                   G
|-12----10--------|-------------------|-12-----10----------|---------------||
|-----------10-11-|---12--------------|--------------10-11-|12-----10s8s7s-||
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|---------------||
|                                                                          ||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
|----0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|----0-------0-----|----0--------2-0-0||
|--2--2-2--2--2---2|-0--0-0--0--0---0|--2--2-2--2--2---2|--0--0-----0----2-||
|-2-2--2--2-2--0h2-|--2--2--2-2--0h2-|-2-2--2--2-2--0h2-|-2-2--2-0-0-0-----||
|0-------0---------|3------3---------|0-------0---------|3--------2--------||

 
 1st verse
 w/Rhy.fig 1(3 times)
 Em      (end Riff A) G
|--------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|s5------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------------------|

 w/Riff A
 Em                     G                        Em     
|------0---------0----|-------0---------------0-|------0---------0-------|
|---5---5-5---5---5-0-|---3----3---3---3-----3--|---5---5-5---5---5--3---|
|--4-4---4---4-4---4--|--4------------4-----0---|--4-4---4---4-4---------|
|-5---------5---------|-5---5----5---5---5-4----|-5---------5------4-----|
|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|

 G           D/F#             G        Em       G  D/F#
|-------0-----------0--------|--------|--------|--------|
|---3----3---3---3---3-----0-|--------|--------|--------|
|--4------------2-0----------|--------|--------|--------|
|-5---5----5---4-------4s2---|--------|--------|--------|
|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|

 A5                                     A5#4 A5
|----------0------0-----|---------3-0---0-------3-2---||
|------5---4-------4----|---------------4-----3----3s5||
|-2-2---2------2------2-|-2---2-------------2---------||
|-2--2---5----4-4----4--|---5---5-----5----4----------||
|-0----------0----------|-----------------0-----------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------------||

 Rfy.Fig 2
 E5      G      D/F# E5          G       D  E G F# E5
|----0--|-----------|-------0---|-----2--2-------|-----0-----------------|
|----0--|-0---------|-------0---|-0---3--3-------|---0---0---------------|
|-------|-0---------|-----------|-0---2--2-------|-----------0-0---------|
|-------|-0---------|-----------|-0---0----------|-----------0-0---------|
|-2-----|-----------|-----------|----------------|-----------------------|
|-0-----|-3----3-2b-|-0---0-----|-3---------0-2b-|-0---------------------|

 G            E5              G        D         
|------------|-------0-------|---------2---------|--------|
|-0----------|-0-----0-------|-0-------3--3------|-0----4-|
|-0----------|-----------0-0-|-0-------2--2------|-2----4-|
|-0----------|-2---------0-0-|-0---0-0-0---------|-2----0-|
|------------|-2--2----------|---------------0-0-|-0------|
|-3-----3-2b-|-0--0----------|-3-----------------|--------|

		     w/Rhy Fig. 2
		     E5
|------------------||----0------0---3-(3)b--0------0-----|
|------0-----------||------0-3b---0-3-(3)b----0-3b---0---|
|-2--0-0--2--2-----||-2b-------------------------------0-|
|-2----0--2--2-----||------------------------------------|
|-0-------0--0-----||------------------------------------|
|---------------5s-||------------------------------------|

 G        D/F# E5                              G     
|-------------|----0------0---3--0------0-----|--------------------------|
|-8-----------|------0-3b---0-3----0-3b---0---|-8-8-7h8p7----------------|
|-7-----------|-2b--------------------------0-|-7---------9-7-7-7-7------|
|----2s4sxs14-|-------------------------------|--------------7------10s--|
|--------xs14-|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------|

 E5                           G
|----0------0---3-0------0---|---------------------------|
|------0-3b---0-3---0-3b--0--|-8--6-7-8-10-13s-s10s15----|
|-2b-----------------------0-|-7--5-6-7--9-12s-s9--------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|

				      Rhy. Fig. 3
 E5                          G   D    G
|---0------0---3-0-----0---|--------||-----------------------------------|
|-----0-3b---0-3--0-3b--0--|-8---7--||-8-----3----0---------3-----0------|
|-2----------------------0-|-7---7--||-7--0-----0-------0-----0----------|
|--------------------------|--------||-----0----------4---4-----4--------|
|--------------------------|--------||--------------2--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------||-3---------------------------------|

 Em                           G            Bm(b6)
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------3---0---------3-----0--|
|------------------0-0-------|---0-----0-------0-----0------|
|---2--2---2---2-----------0-|-----0---------4---4-----4----|
|--------2-------2-----0h2---|-------------2----------------|
|-0---0------0---------------|-3----------------------------|

				    w/Rhy Fig. 3
 Em              C            D     G           Bm(b6)
|--------------------------0------|--------------------------0-|
|--------------------3-1------3-0-|-------3---0-------3------0-|
|--------0----------------------0-|-----0---------------0------|
|---2------2---2---2-----0--------|---0-----0------4------4----|
|------2-----2---3----------------|-------------2--------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-3--------------------------|


 Em                             G             Bm(b6)
|-------0---0------------------|----------3--------------------|
|-------0-0--------------------|--------3-------------3-----0--|
|-------0-------------0--------|------0-----0-----0-----0------|
|---2---------------2--------0-|-0--0-------------4-4-----4----|
|-----------------2-----0h2----|--------------2----------------|
|-0------------0---------------|-3-----------------------------|

 Em                  C          D        G5         B5          A
|--------------------0--0-------2--2---||--------------------------------|
|--------------------1--1----3--3--3---||--------------------------------|
|--------------------0--0-0--2--2--2---||--------------------------------|
|---2--2-------------2--2-------0--0---||--------------------------------|
|--------2-2-2-2--3--3--3-------0--0-0-||--------------------------------|
|-0------0-0-0-0-----3--3-------2--2---||--------------------------------|
					 I dont need your ...

 E5       G5                B5                    A   E5    C  D
	  It feeds the rich while it ...

G5             B5                        E5                      E    E5
 Your power hungry selling soldiers in a ...

G5           B5          a E5    C     D
 I dont need your civil war..


 Guitar solo
 G              B5              E5
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------15----------------------|-------------------15s-|
|-14b-----14(14)p12-14---12-14-|-14b(14)p12------------|
|------------------------------|------------14-14------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|

 G            B5             E5            C           D
|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----3------------3-------|-----6s5-5-3-5p3s1-3-1-3p1p0---0-8b-|
|-2b----2-0-2--2s4---4s2p0-|-2-0-------------------------0------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------------|

 G             B5                 E5
|--------5--------------------8b-|(8)-8-7-8-7h8p7p5---7---7-7------|
|(8)-(8)---8-7-7b--7--7p5---5----|------------------8---8----------|
|-------------------------7------|----------------------------9--7-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

 G                       B5   
|----------------------------------12------|
|---------15-------------15-15b-15b--15-12-|
|-14b-14b----14b-12-14s16------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

							3rd verse
							w/Rhy Fig 1(2 times)
 E5                             C         D             E5
|-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------|
|-14b-14-p12------------------------------------------||-----------------|
|------------14-14--12--------------------------------||-----------------|
|----------------------14s12p10-12-10-12b-12-10-------||-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------12-10-||-12--------------|
							Look at the ..
 G                                 Em
 Look at the blood we're spilling  Look ...

 G                 D/f#
 way we're ...


 Em               G                          G               D/F#
|-12----10-------|--------|-12-----10-------|---------------------------|
|----------10-11-|-12-----|-----------10-11-|-12-------------10---------|
|----------------|--------|-----------------|---------------------------|
|----------------|--------|-----------------|---------------------------|
|----------------|--------|-----------------|---------------------------|
|----------------|--------|-----------------|---------------------------|
					     I dont want ...

					  4th verse
					  w/Rhy Figs 2 & 2A
 A5              A5#4  A5                 E5
		       My hands ...For

G                                      D/F#
all I've seen has changed ...

E5
wars go on as the as the years ....

G              D         E G F#    E5
love of God or human rights. Cause ...
 
G                                  E5
bloody hands of the hypnotized who ...

G                      D
hist'ry bears the scars of ...

					w/Rhy Fig. 2
					E5
|---------------|---------------------||---0------0---3---0------0-------|
|---------------|---------------------||-----0-3b---0-3-----0-3b---0-----|
|-7h9-----5---2-|-----2-------2-------||-2---------------------------0---|
|-7-------5---2-|---0-2-2-2-2-2-------||---------------------------------|
|-0---------0---|-0---0-0-0-0-0-------||---------------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------12s-||---------------------------------|

 G                           D/F#       E5
|-3---0-3p0-2h3p2p0----0---------------|---0----0---3--0-----0-----------|
|-3--------------------0-3p0---0-3p0---|---0-3b---0-3----0-3---0---------|
|-------------------2b-------3-------2b|(2)----------------------0-------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

 G           D E G F# E5                           G
|------------------|---0------0---3--0------0-----|----------------------|
|-8--7h8p7p5-7--7s-|-----0-3b---0-3----0-3b---0---|-3----3---------------|
|-7----------------|-2--------------------------0-|-2b---2--2(2)p0-------|
|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|

 E5                         G       D     A5            B/A            Am
|-0------0---3-0------0----|-------------|----------------|--------------|
|---0-3b---0-3---0-3b---0--|-8--7h8-7--7s|10-------------4|--------------|
|2------------------------0|-7--7---7--7s|9/2------------4|-------------5|
|--------------------------|-------------|--2-------------|-------------5|
|--------------------------|-------------|--0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--------------------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|
|                                                                        |
|-------------|---------------||-----------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|---------------||-----------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|---------------||-----------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|---------------||-----------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|---------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------|---------------||-----------------|-----------------------|

				 F/A                Am            C5                            
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------------------|----------------|---------------5-|------------------|
|--------------7---|-------7-----10-|-------10------5-|-------5---5--0---|
|------------------|-------7-----10-|-------10--------|-------5---5--0---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-----0-0---|-0-0-0-----3--0---|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|                                                                        |
|------------------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-------------|---2-----------|-------5--5s3----|
|------------------------|-------------|---2---------7-|---9---5--5s4----|
|------------------------|-------------|---2-----0---7-|---7-------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0---0-0-0-|-0-----0---8---|-8---9-----------|
|------------------------|-----3b-3----|---------------|-----------------|

			   Rhy Fig. 4
 E5           C     D      G            B5              E5
  no no no no no no no no  no    I ...

       D  G           B5              E5           C    D
	       I dont need ...

G             B5                         E5
   Your power hungry selling soldiers in a ...

					(end Rhy Fig 4) 
G              B5              B5                       C       D
	I dont need your civil war, no ...


 Outro solo
 W/Rhy Fig 4
 G                                  B5
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----12-15----12-15----12-12-15----12-15-|
|-14b-------14-------14----------14-------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

				   E5
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----12-15----12-15-----12-15-----15-----|
|-14b-------14-------14b-------14b----14b-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------------|
|----15----12-----12-15-----12-15-----12-15-----|
|-14----14----14b-------14b-------14b-------14b-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

				   G                               B5
|---------------------------------|-12-----12----------------------------|
|----15----12-15p12----12-15b-15b-|----15b----15p12----15-12-13h15p13p12-|
|-14----14----------14------------|-----------------12------------------1|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

				     E5
|------------------------------------15b-|-15b-15-14-15-14h15p14p12------|
|----12----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-15----15-14-14b-14-p12----14----12-----|-------------------------------|
|------------------------14----14--------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|

	C                  D
|-15----12h14p12----12-14b-14s-----|----20b-----20-|
|----15----------15------------s15-|-17----(20b)---|
|----------------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------|

			   E5
|-19-20-19h20p18p17-19--17-----|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------19b-|-19-17-19b--19-p17----17-15b-|
|------------------------------|-------------------16--------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|

			    G             B5                        E5
|----12-------------------|-17b--17-15-17-17-|-17--15-17-15-17b-p15-17-15|
|-15----15-12-------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------14-14-12----|------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------14-|------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|

			      C           D
|-17b--15b---------------|----12-------------------||
|----------17--15h17-15b-|-15----15-12-------------||
|------------------------|-------------14----12----||
|------------------------|----------------14----14-||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||

 G
|-------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-12--7s9s7--4--4---------|---7s9-9-----------|---7s9s5-4-4---------|
|-----------------7s9s7s5-|-----------7s9s7s5-|-5-----------7s9s7s5-|
|-----5s7s5--2--2---------|---5s7-7-----------|---5s7s5-2-2---------|
|-----------------5s7s5s3p|0----------5s7s5s3-|-3-----------5s7s5s3p|


|----------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|--7s9-----------|----7s9s7-4-4---------|--7s9s7----------|
|--------7s9s7s5-|-5------------7s9s7s5-|---------7s9s7s5-|
|--5s7-----------|----5s7s5-2-2---------|--5s7s5----------|
|0-------5s7s5s3-|-3------------5s7s5s3p|0--------5s7s5s3-|


|---------------------|------------------|-------------||
|---------------------|------------------|-------------||
|---7s9s7-4-4---------|----7s9-----------|----7s9s7-4--||
|-5-----------7s9s7s5-|----------7s9s7s5-|-5-----------||
|---5s7s5-2-2---------|----5s7-----------|----5s7s5-2--||
|-3-----------5s7s5s3p|0---------5s7s5s3-|-3-----------||

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