Chords for Phil Ochs - We Seek No Wider War

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But this is a new song about Vietnam called _ We Seek No White War. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Over the ashes of blood marched the _ civilized soldier _
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_ _ [Ab] _ Over the [A] ruins of the French [Dbm]
fortress [G] of [B] a failure _ _
_ [E] _ _ Over [A] the silent [E] screams [A] of the dead [Ab] and the dying _
_ [Bm] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] But please [A] be reassured
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_ [D] We seek [A] no white war
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_ [E] The _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ treaties were [A] _
[E] signed, the country was split into _ sections
_ _ But _ [A] _
_ _ [Ab] _ growing numbers [A] of prisons [Dbm] were built [G] for [B] _ protection _
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Rapidly filling with [E] people [A] who called [Ab] for election _
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_ [E] But please [A] be _ _ [E] _ reassured _
_ [G] [D] We seek [A] no _ [E] white _ [A] war
_ [E] The _ _ _ _ _ goal in the end was the promise of freedom _
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The _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] hero of hate [A] who gambled on [Dbm]
hell [B] for his hour _
_ [E] _ Father of [A] his country was stamped on the medals [Ab] we shower _
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_ [E] But please [A] be _ [E] _ _ reassured _
[D] We seek [A] no _ [E] white war _
_ _ _ Machine _ _ _ _ _ gun bullets _ became the bloody _ _ baptizer _
_ _ _ And _ _ [Ab] the falcon in the sky _
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[Abm] And the _ _ _ [D] _
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_ [B] cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton cotton _
[E] _ _ _ and the greater the [A] victory [E] _ greater the shame [Abm] of the nation _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] but please [A] be _ _ [E] _ reassured _ _ [D] we seek [A] no
_ [E] water [E] war _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ down the throats of prisoners _ was poured rusty water
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[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Ab]
while vicious and vomiting
[A] _
gases [Dbm] _ [G] maintained [B] the order _ _ _ _
[Em] as [E] the finest [A] _
Washington _ minds found slogans [Ab] for slaughter
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_ [E] but please be [A] _ _ [E] reassured _ _ [D] we seek [A] no _ [E] water _ [A] war _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ and over the [A]
border came [E] the bay of [A] pigs planes of
[E] _ _ [A] persuasion _ [E] _ all _ [A] _
_ _ [Abm] remaining honor _ [A] went up in the [Dbm] _
[B] flames of invasion _ _
_ [E] but who tell [A] the bodies of
[E] children _ it's not [Ab] _ _ _ _
[A] escalation _ _ _ _
_ [Em] [E] but please be [Em] _ _ [E] _ reassured _
_ [D] we seek [A] no _ [E] water war [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] we're teaching
[B] the freedom [E] _ _ [A] for which [E] they are _ [A] yearning _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[G] while [Ab] we're dragging them down [A] to the path of [G] never
_ [B] returning _ _ _ _ but [Dbm] we'll _ _ [E] condescend to talk while the cities [Ab] are burning _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] but please [A] be _ _ [E] _
reassured
_ _ [D] we see [A] no [E] water _ war _ [D] we see [A] no _ [E] water war
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _