The War Is Over chords by Phil Ochs

Chords with lyrics

B minorBm
Silent Soldiers on a silver screen,
G+G     E minorEm       - G+G       E minorEm
framed in fantasies and   dragged in dream.
A minorAm   D MajorD       G+G
Unpaid actors of the mystery,
A minorAm        D MajorD     E minorEm            D MajorD
the mad director knows that freedom will not make you free.
E minorEm               D MajorD
and what's this got to do with me ?
  FF         C majorC      G+G    D MajorD
I declare the war is over, it's over, it's over.

B minorBm
Drums are drizzling on a grain of sand,
G+G    E minorEm         - G+G    E minorEm
fading rhythms of a     fading land.
A minorAm     D MajorD          G+G
Prove your courage in the proud parade,
A minorAm     D MajorD       E minorEm            D MajorD
trust your leaders where mistakes are almost never made,
E minorEm               D MajorD
and they're afraid that I'm afraid
FF           C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
I'm afraid the war is over, it's over, it's over.

B minorBm
Angry artists painting angry signs,
G+G     E minorEm        - G+G     E minorEm
use their vision just to    blind the blind.
A minorAm    D MajorD         G+G
Poisoned players of a grizzly game,
A minorAm    D MajorD         E minorEm         D MajorD
one is guilty and the other gets the point to blame,
E minorEm          D MajorD
pardon me, if I refrain
FF          C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
I declare the war is over, it's over, it's over.


B minorBm
So do your duty, boys, and join with pride,
G+G     E minorEm         - G+G   E minorEm
serve your country in her    suicide.
A minorAm    D MajorD             G+G
Find the flags so you can wave goodbye,
A minorAm         D MajorD     E minorEm            D MajorD
but just before the end even treason might be worth a try,
E minorEm            D MajorD
this country is to young to die.
FF          C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
I declare the war is over, it's over, it's over.

B minorBm
One-legged veterans will greet the dawn,
G+G           E minorEm           - G+G    E minorEm
and they're whistling marches as they    mow the lawn.
A minorAm           D MajorD    G+G
And the gargoyles only sit and grieve,
A minorAm        D MajorD       E minorEm       D MajorD
the gypsy fortune teller told me that we'd been deceived,
E minorEm             D MajorD
you only are what you believe.
FF          C majorC      G+G    D MajorD
I believe the war is over, it's over, it's over.

D MajorD - C majorC - D MajorD     D MajorD - C majorC - D MajorD ?..

(Phil Ochs)