War In My Mind
Beth Hart
NOTE REGARDING THE CHORD CHOICES: With choosing the chords I tried to stay as close to the original as possible. are just the embellishments that she actually plays on the piano. You could just leave them out and it would sound just as good. *regarding the Fsus2 in the chorus: I actually switch back and forth between Fsus2 and F on every syllable. With doing that the focus is on the notes (Fsus2) and () which also happen to be the melody notes. piano lick over the Am and E7 chords in the intro and verse: e|------5---3--------------------| B|-----5-5---5-6-------3--1--0---| G|----5---5---5-55----1-1--1--1--| D|-------------------2---2--2--2-| A|--0----------------------------| E|-----------------0-------------| [Intro] Am E7 x2 N.. [Verse 1] War in my mind There’s a war in my mind Seek and ye shall find That it’s hollering all the time There’s a war in my mind [Verse 2] Black in my soul It’s all black in my soul No diamond in the coal I reap just what I sow It’s all black in my soul [Chorus] And it’s ugly when I cry So I’m crying all the time Bdim7 In my mind Where it builds And it climbs Fsus2 And this is more than I can handle Give me something strong to fill the hole While I make love to the war in my soul [Verse 3] Blood on the wall I threw my blood on the wall Hiding in the hall Cause I know it’s all my fault I threw my blood on the wall [Chorus] And it’s ugly when I cry So I’m crying all the time Bdim7 In my mind Where it builds And it climbs Fsus2* And this is more than I can handle Shadow box another piece of sky While I make love to the war in my soul [Outro] War in my mind I got War in my mind A lot a War in my mind End on Am