Eve Of Destruction
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Eve Of Destruction
Barry McGuire
D
D11
D9
D
D11
D9
D
The eastern world
G
it is exp
A7
lodin',
D
violence flarin',
G
bullets
A7
loadin',
you're
D
old enough to kill
G
but not for
A7
votin',
you
D
don't believe in war,
G
what's that gun you're
A7
totin',
and
D
even the Jordan river has
G
bodies
A7
floatin',
Chorus
Chorus
but you
D
tell me
G
over and
A7
over and
D
over again my
Bm
friend,
ah, you
G
don't believe we're
A7
on the eve of dest
D
ruction.
D
D11
D9
D
D11
D9
Don't you understand, what I'm trying to say?
Can't you see the fear that I'm feeling today?
If the button is pushed, there's no running away,
There'll be noone to save with the world in a grave,
take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy,
but you tell me...
Chorus
Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin',
I'm sittin' here, just contemplatin',
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation,
handful of Senators don't pass legislation,
and marches alone can't bring integration,
when human respect is disintegratin',
this whole crazy world is just too frustratin',
and you tell me...
Chorus
Think of all the hate there is in Red China!
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama!
Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space,
but when your eturn, it's the same old place,
the poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace,
you can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace,
hate your next-door-neighbour, but don't forget to say grace,
and you tell me...
Chorus
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