Capo 3
**Em6 = 02202x
[Verse 1:]
Bm G
Don't try to explain your mind
A Bm A
I know what's happening here
Bm G
One minute it's love
A Bm A
And suddenly it's like a battlefield
Bm G
One word turns into a war
A Bm A
Why is it the smallest things that tear us down
Bm G
My world's nothing when you're gone
A
I'm not here without a shield
A
Can't go back now
[Bridge:]
G D A
Both hands tied behind my back for nothing
G D A
Oh no, these times when we climb so fast to fall again
G
Why we gotta fall for it now
[Chorus:]
D A
I never meant to start a war
Bm G
You know I never wanna hurt you
D A
Don't even know what we're fighting for
Bm G D A
Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield?
Bm G D A
Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield?
Bm
Why does love always feel like..
[Verse 2:]
Bm G
Can't swallow our pride,
A Bm A
Neither of us wanna raise that flag
Bm G A
If we can't surrender then we both gonna lose what we had, oh no
[Bridge:]
G D A
Both hands tied behind my back for nothing
G D A
Oh no, these times when we climb so fast to fall again
G
Why we gotta fall for it now
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[Chorus:]
D A
I never meant to start a war
Bm G
You know I never wanna hurt you
D A
Don't even know what we're fighting for
Bm G D A
Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield?
Bm G D A
Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield?
G D A
I guess you better go and get your armor, get your armor, get your armor
Bm G D A
I guess you better go and get your armor, get your armor, get your armor
Bm
I guess you better go and get your...
[Interlude:]
Em A
We could pretend that we are friends tonight, oh-oh-oh
D G
And in the morning we'll wake up and we'll be alright
Em6
Cause baby we don't have to fight
F#
And I don't want this love to feel like..
G D A
A battlefield, A battlefield, A battlefield,
Bm G D A
Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield
G
I guess you better go and get your armor
[Chorus:]
D A
I never meant to start a war
Bm G
You know I never wanna hurt you
D A
Don't even know what we're fighting for
Bm G D A
Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield?
Bm G D A
Why does love always feel like a battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield?
G D A
I guess you better go and get your armor, get your armor, get your armor
Bm G D A
I guess you better go and get your armor, get your armor, get your armor
Bm G D A
Why does love always feel like..
Bm G D A (fades to the end)
