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{title: Heartbreak warfare} {artist: John Mayer} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 97} {key: A} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [A] [Dsus2] [A] [Dsus2] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [A]lightning strikes inside my chest to keep me [Dsus2]up at night [A]dream of ways to make you understand my [Dsus2]pain {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} [A] clouds of sulfur in the air, bombs are falling everywhere it's [Dsus2]heartbreak warfare [A] once you want it to begin, no one really ever wins in [Dsus2]heartbreak warfare if you [F#m]want more [A]love, why don't you [Dsus2]say so? if you [F#m]want more [A]love, why don't you [Dsus2]say so? {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [A]drop his name, push it in and twist the [Dsus2]knife again [A]watch my face as I pretend to feel no [Dsus2]pain {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_part: Solo} ...just say so... [FM7] [CM7] [FM7] [CM7] [FM7] [CM7] [FM7] [CM7] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Bridge} [FM7] how come the only way to know how high you get me is to see how [G7]far I fall [FM7] God only knows how much I'd love you if you let me but I [G]can't break free at all it's a [A]heart-, heartbreak {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [A] I don't care if we don't sleep at all tonight let's just [Dsus2]fix this whole thing now [A] I swear to God we're gonna get it right if you [Dsus2]lay your weapons down {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 4} [A] red wine and Ambien, you're talking shit again, it's [Dsus2]heartbreak warfare [A] good to know it's all a game, disappointment has a name, it's [Dsus2]heartbreak, heartbreak {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Outtro, repeat} [A] it's [Dsus2]heartbreak warfare {end_of_part}