The Beths - Mars, The God Of War

[Intro]

C Fm Am Fm
C Fm Am Fm

[Verse 1]

Am Dm
Mars, the God of War is watching over me
Em7 F
So passively, from the twinkling scenery
Am Dm
Mars, the God of War, pretending so serene
G7
He’s keeping his hands clean
Em7 E7 F
While I make war on this war machine

A careful chosen word, designed to hurt
Fm Am C
But will it stir some new philosophy?
G Fm
Retreat or be defeated, baby

[Chorus]

C Fm Am
I wish that I could wish you well
Fm C
I wish that I could wish you well
Fm Am
Instead I’m hitting my head and hitting backspace on
Fm
“Can’t you just go to hell?”

C Fm Am Fm

[Verse 2]

Am Dm
All of your recall requires optometry (Requires optometry)
Em
‘Cause what I want to see (‘Cause what I want to see)
F
Is you seeing clearly
Am Dm
Tenures of regret and my good memory (My good memory)
G7
Spent under tyranny (Spent under tyranny)
Em7 E7 F
It ends tonight in quiet steam

Be careful where you reach for sympathy
Fm Am C
‘Cause it won’t be where you got it before
G Fm
Retreat, rinse and repeat it, baby

[Chorus]

C Fm Am
I wish that I could wish you well
Fm C
I wish that I could wish you well
Fm Am
Instead I’m hitting my head and hitting backspace on
Fm Fm
“Can’t you just go to hell?” (Can’t you just go to hell?)

[Bridge]

G Am
Position changing, never engaging
Bb
It’s not just the dawn that’s breaking
F
(It’s not just the dawn that’s breaking)
G Am
And I’ll keep hating the red star fading
Bb
And it’s not just the dawn that’s breaking
Bb
It’s not just the dawn that breaks

[Chorus]

C Fm Am Fm
C Fm Am Fm

C Fm Am
I wish that I could wish you well
Fm C
I wish that I could wish you well
Fm Am
Instead I’m hitting my head and hitting backspace on
Fm C
“Can’t you just go to hell?”
Fm Am
I wish that I could wish you well
Fm C
I wish that I could wish you well
Fm Am
Instead I’m hitting my head and hitting backspace on
Fm Fm C
“Can’t you just go to hell?” (Can’t you just go to hell?)