Battle Scars (and Lupe Fiasco)

Intro:
Fm                                   Db
Hope the wound heals but it never does
                                    Ab
That's cause you're at war with love
                       Eb
You're at war with love, yeah
 
Chorus:
             Fm                                  Db
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
                                    Ab
Don't look like they're ever going away
                       Eb
They ain't never gonna change
 
These battle...
 
Verse:
Fm                         Db
  Never let a wound ruin me
                                Ab
But I feel like ruin's wooing me
                                                       Eb
Arrow holes, they never close from Cupid on a shooting spree
                                                  Fm
Feeling stupid cause I know it ain't no you and me
 
But when you're trying to beat the odds up
     Db
Been trying to keep your nods up
                                 Ab
And you know that you should know
 
And let her go
 
But the fear of the unknown
      Eb
Hold another lover strong
                            Fm
Sends you back into the zone
 
With no Tom Hanks to bring you home,
  Db
a lover not a fighter
                             Ab
On the front line with a poem,
 
Trying to write yourself a rifle
                   Eb
Maybe sharpen up a stone
 
To fight the tanks and drones of you being alone
 
Pre-Chorus:
               Fm
I wish I never looked, I wish I never touched
                    Db
I wish that I could stop loving you so much
                   Ab
Cause I'm the only one that's trying to keep us together
                Eb
When all of the signs say that I should forget her
                       Fm
I wish you weren't the best, the best I ever had
                Db
I wish that the good outweighed the bad
                     Ab                            Eb
Cause it'll never be over, until you tell me it's over
 
Chorus:
             Fm                                  Db
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
                                    Ab
Don't look like they're ever going away
                       Eb
They ain't never gonna change
 
             Fm                                  Db
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
                                    Ab
Don't look like they're ever going away
                       Eb
They ain't never gonna change
 
These battle...
 
Verse:
Fm                                  Db
  You shouldn't have but you said it
                                         Ab
It shouldn't have happened but you let it
 
Now you're down on the ground screaming medic
    Eb
The only thing that comes is the post-traumatic stresses
Fm                                     Db
  Shields, body armors and vests don't properly work
 
That's why you're in a locker full of hurt
    Ab
The enemy within and all the fires from your friends
    Eb
The best medicine's to probably just let it win
 
Pre-Chorus:
                  Fm
I wish I couldn't feel, I wish I couldn't love
                    Db
I wish that I could stop cause it hurts so much
                 Ab
And I'm the only one that's trying to keep us together
                Eb
When all of the signs say that I should forget her
                       Fm
I wish you weren't the best, the best I ever had
                Db
I wish that the good outweighed the bad
                     Ab                            Eb
Cause it'll never be over, until you tell me it's over
 
Chorus:
             Fm                                  Db
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
                                    Ab
Don't look like they're ever going away
                       Eb
They ain't never gonna change
 
             Fm                                  Db
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
                                    Ab
Don't look like they're ever going away
                       Eb
They ain't never gonna change
 
These battle...
 
Bridge:
Bbm                        Fm
  Cause you set me on fire
                              Ab
I've never felt so alive, yeah
 
No, hoping wounds heal, but it never does
Eb                                 Bbm
That's because you're at war with love
                                Fm
And I'm at the point of breaking
                             Eb
And it's impossible to shake it -yeah-
    Bbm
See, you hoped the wound heals, but it never does
Fm                                Ab
  That's cause you're at war with love
                                Eb
Hope it heals, but it never does
 
That's cause you're at war with love!
 
Chorus:
             Fm                                  Db
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
                                    Ab
Don't look like they're ever going away
                   Eb
I ain't ever gonna change
 

             Fm                                  Db
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
                                    Ab
Don't look like they're ever going away
                       Eb
They ain't never gonna change
 

             Fm                                  Db
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
                                    Ab
Don't look like they're ever going away
                   Eb
I ain't ever gonna change
            Fm
These battle...