Chords for Phil Ochs - The War Is Over
Tempo:
118.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
Em
D
Am
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
futuristic political [Bm] song
some aspects of the surreal and hopefully
inevitable
the war is over, there is no more war
it's all
a figment of some maniac imagination
silent soldiers on a
silver screen
[G] [Em] framed in fantasies
[G]
and
[Em] drugged in dreams
[Am]
unpaid actors
of the mystery
the
[D] mad director [Em] knows that freedom
[D] will not make you free
[Em] and what's this
[Dm] got [D] to do with me
[F] I declare
the war [C] is over
[G] it's over
[G] it's [D] over it's [Bm] over angry artist
painting
angry signs
[Dm]
[G] use [Em] their
vision [G] just to
[Em] blind the blind
[Am]
poisoned players of
a grisly game
[Dm] one [D] is guilty
[Em] and the other
[D] gets to point the [Em] blame
pardon me [D] if I refrain
[F] I declare
the [C] war is over [G] it's over
[C]
it's [D] over
[D] [F] it's [Bm] over drums are
drizzling on a
grain of sand
[G]
fading
[Em] rhythms of a
fading [Em] land
[Am] prove
prove your
courage [G] in the
proud parade
[Am] [Dm] trust your
leaders where [Em] mistakes
are [D] almost never
made [Em] and they're
afraid [D] that I'm afraid
[F] I'm afraid
the [C] war is over [G] it's over it's [D] over [D] it's [Bm] over
so do your duty boys and
join with pride [G] serve [Em] your
country [G] in her
[Em] suicide
[Am]
find a flag
so you [G] can wave goodbye
[Am]
[Dm] but [D] just before
the [Em] end even treason
[Dm]
might be [D] worth the
[D] try [Em] this country
is too young to [F] die
I declare the [C] war is over [G] it's over
[D] it's over
[Dm] [Bm] one-legged veterans will
greet the dawn
[C] and [G] their
[Em] whistling marches
[G]
as they mow the [Em] [Am] lawn
and the gargoyles
[G] only sit and grieve
[Am]
the [D] gypsy fortune [Em] teller
told [G] me that [D] we've been deceived
[Em] you only [D] are what you believe
[F] and I believe
the [C] war is over
[G] it's it's over
it's over
it's [N]
[C] over [Bb] yeah
[G] that's more like it
some aspects of the surreal and hopefully
inevitable
the war is over, there is no more war
it's all
a figment of some maniac imagination
silent soldiers on a
silver screen
[G] [Em] framed in fantasies
[G]
and
[Em] drugged in dreams
[Am]
unpaid actors
of the mystery
the
[D] mad director [Em] knows that freedom
[D] will not make you free
[Em] and what's this
[Dm] got [D] to do with me
[F] I declare
the war [C] is over
[G] it's over
[G] it's [D] over it's [Bm] over angry artist
painting
angry signs
[Dm]
[G] use [Em] their
vision [G] just to
[Em] blind the blind
[Am]
poisoned players of
a grisly game
[Dm] one [D] is guilty
[Em] and the other
[D] gets to point the [Em] blame
pardon me [D] if I refrain
[F] I declare
the [C] war is over [G] it's over
[C]
it's [D] over
[D] [F] it's [Bm] over drums are
drizzling on a
grain of sand
[G]
fading
[Em] rhythms of a
fading [Em] land
[Am] prove
prove your
courage [G] in the
proud parade
[Am] [Dm] trust your
leaders where [Em] mistakes
are [D] almost never
made [Em] and they're
afraid [D] that I'm afraid
[F] I'm afraid
the [C] war is over [G] it's over it's [D] over [D] it's [Bm] over
so do your duty boys and
join with pride [G] serve [Em] your
country [G] in her
[Em] suicide
[Am]
find a flag
so you [G] can wave goodbye
[Am]
[Dm] but [D] just before
the [Em] end even treason
[Dm]
might be [D] worth the
[D] try [Em] this country
is too young to [F] die
I declare the [C] war is over [G] it's over
[D] it's over
[Dm] [Bm] one-legged veterans will
greet the dawn
[C] and [G] their
[Em] whistling marches
[G]
as they mow the [Em] [Am] lawn
and the gargoyles
[G] only sit and grieve
[Am]
the [D] gypsy fortune [Em] teller
told [G] me that [D] we've been deceived
[Em] you only [D] are what you believe
[F] and I believe
the [C] war is over
[G] it's it's over
it's over
it's [N]
[C] over [Bb] yeah
[G] that's more like it
Key:
G
Em
D
Am
C
G
Em
D
futuristic political [Bm] song _ _ _
some aspects of the surreal and _ hopefully
_ _ inevitable
_ the war is over, there is no more war
_ it's all
a _ _ figment of some maniac _ imagination
_ _ _ _ silent soldiers on a
silver screen _
[G] _ _ _ [Em] framed in fantasies
[G]
and
_ [Em] drugged in dreams
[Am] _
_ _ unpaid actors
of the mystery
_ _ _ _ the _
[D] mad director [Em] knows that freedom
[D] will not make you free
[Em] and what's this
[Dm] got [D] to do with me
[F] _ _ I declare
the war [C] is _ _ over
_ _ [G] it's over
_ _ [G] _ it's [D] _ _ over _ it's [Bm] _ _ over angry artist _
painting
_ angry signs
[Dm] _
[G] _ _ use [Em] their
vision [G] just to
_ [Em] blind the blind
[Am] _
_ poisoned players of
a grisly game _ _ _
[Dm] one [D] is guilty
[Em] and the other
[D] gets to point the [Em] blame
pardon me [D] if I refrain
_ [F] _ _ I declare
the [C] war is over _ _ _ [G] it's over
[C] _ _ _
it's [D] _ over
_ [D] _ [F] it's [Bm] _ _ over drums are
drizzling on a
grain of sand
[G] _
_ _ fading
[Em] rhythms of a
fading [Em] land
_ [Am] prove
_ prove your
courage [G] in the
proud parade
_ _ [Am] _ [Dm] trust your
leaders where [Em] mistakes
are [D] almost never
made [Em] and they're
afraid [D] that I'm afraid
[F] _ _ I'm afraid
the [C] war is over _ _ _ [G] it's over _ _ it's _ [D] _ over _ [D] it's _ [Bm] over
so do your duty boys and
_ join with pride _ [G] _ serve [Em] your
country [G] in her
_ [Em] suicide
_ _ _ [Am] _
_ find a flag
so you [G] can wave goodbye
_ _ [Am] _ _
[Dm] but [D] just before
the [Em] end even treason
[Dm]
might be [D] worth the
[D] try [Em] this country
is too young to [F] die
_ I declare the [C] war is over _ _ _ [G] it's _ over _
_ _ [D] it's over _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Bm] one-legged _ veterans will
_ greet the dawn
[C] and [G] their
_ _ [Em] whistling marches
[G]
as they _ mow the [Em] _ [Am] lawn
_ _ and the gargoyles
[G] only sit and _ grieve
[Am] _
the [D] gypsy fortune [Em] teller
told [G] me that [D] we've been deceived
[Em] you only [D] are what you believe
_ [F] and I believe
the [C] war is over
_ _ _ [G] it's it's over
_ _ _ _ it's over
_ it's _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] over [Bb] yeah _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ that's more like it
some aspects of the surreal and _ hopefully
_ _ inevitable
_ the war is over, there is no more war
_ it's all
a _ _ figment of some maniac _ imagination
_ _ _ _ silent soldiers on a
silver screen _
[G] _ _ _ [Em] framed in fantasies
[G]
and
_ [Em] drugged in dreams
[Am] _
_ _ unpaid actors
of the mystery
_ _ _ _ the _
[D] mad director [Em] knows that freedom
[D] will not make you free
[Em] and what's this
[Dm] got [D] to do with me
[F] _ _ I declare
the war [C] is _ _ over
_ _ [G] it's over
_ _ [G] _ it's [D] _ _ over _ it's [Bm] _ _ over angry artist _
painting
_ angry signs
[Dm] _
[G] _ _ use [Em] their
vision [G] just to
_ [Em] blind the blind
[Am] _
_ poisoned players of
a grisly game _ _ _
[Dm] one [D] is guilty
[Em] and the other
[D] gets to point the [Em] blame
pardon me [D] if I refrain
_ [F] _ _ I declare
the [C] war is over _ _ _ [G] it's over
[C] _ _ _
it's [D] _ over
_ [D] _ [F] it's [Bm] _ _ over drums are
drizzling on a
grain of sand
[G] _
_ _ fading
[Em] rhythms of a
fading [Em] land
_ [Am] prove
_ prove your
courage [G] in the
proud parade
_ _ [Am] _ [Dm] trust your
leaders where [Em] mistakes
are [D] almost never
made [Em] and they're
afraid [D] that I'm afraid
[F] _ _ I'm afraid
the [C] war is over _ _ _ [G] it's over _ _ it's _ [D] _ over _ [D] it's _ [Bm] over
so do your duty boys and
_ join with pride _ [G] _ serve [Em] your
country [G] in her
_ [Em] suicide
_ _ _ [Am] _
_ find a flag
so you [G] can wave goodbye
_ _ [Am] _ _
[Dm] but [D] just before
the [Em] end even treason
[Dm]
might be [D] worth the
[D] try [Em] this country
is too young to [F] die
_ I declare the [C] war is over _ _ _ [G] it's _ over _
_ _ [D] it's over _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Bm] one-legged _ veterans will
_ greet the dawn
[C] and [G] their
_ _ [Em] whistling marches
[G]
as they _ mow the [Em] _ [Am] lawn
_ _ and the gargoyles
[G] only sit and _ grieve
[Am] _
the [D] gypsy fortune [Em] teller
told [G] me that [D] we've been deceived
[Em] you only [D] are what you believe
_ [F] and I believe
the [C] war is over
_ _ _ [G] it's it's over
_ _ _ _ it's over
_ it's _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] over [Bb] yeah _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ that's more like it