War Isn't Murder
By Jesse Welles
Written by Jesse Welles
Album: Hells Welles (2024)
Tabbed from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E9l_i6HPYM
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
9/21/2025

Capo 3

C
War isn't murder, good men don't die, children don't starve and all the women survive
Am
War isn't murder, that's what they say, when you're fighting the Devil, murder's okay
G                                G7
War isn't murder, they're called casualties, there ain't a veteran with a good night's sleep



Chorus 1:
                 F                     F7
Let's talk about dead people, I mean a dead people
    F7              C                           A7
The dead don't feel honor, they don't feel that brave
                D7                                G 
They don't feel avenged, they're lucky if they got gravеs
               C                        A7
Call your dead mother, ask her whеn she died
               D7                   G
It's a deathly silence on the other line
               F                               Fm
The dead don't talk but their children don't forget
               C                       A7 
So in 20 short years you can live to regret that


War isn't murder, there's money at stake, hell, even Kushner agrees it's good real estate
War isn't murder, ask Netanyahu, he's got a psalm for that, he's got a bomb for you
War isn't murder, it's an old desert faith, it's a nation state sanctioned righteous hate

Chorus 2:
Let's talk about dead people, I mean a dead people
If war isn't murder, it's the Vengeance of God
If you can't see the bodies, they don't bloat when they rot
And the flies don't swarm and the children don't cry
If war isn't murder, good men don't die
So in a short 20 years when you vacation the Strip
Try not and think about the dead and have a nice trip

 
War isn't murder, let's all give thanks, I saw it all in a movie, give it up for Tom Hanks
War isn't murder, they don't ship out the poor and the bullets they fire ain't part of the cure
War isn't murder, land is a right but the banks called dibs, it's something you can't fight

 
Chorus 3 (on Youtube video):
Let's talk about dead people, I mean a dead people
The dead don't feel honor, they don't feel that brave
They don't feel avenged, they're lucky if they got graves
Call your dead mother, ask her when she died
It's a deathly silence on the other line
The dead don't talk but their children don't forget
So in 20 short years you can live to regret that

Chorus 3 (on the recorded version):
Let's talk about dead people, I mean a dead people
The dead don't feel honor, they don't feel that brave
They don't feel avenged, they're lucky if they got graves
War isn't murder, ain′t a river of blood
Stretching all through time and raining down in a flood
It's a dark sacrifice made on your behalf 
So get down on your knees and thank the sweet Lord that

War isn't murder