You Say That The Battle Is Over chords by John Denver

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: EADGBE

You Say That The Battle Is Over
Written by David Mallett
Recorded by John Denver

Intro:
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Verse:
    C majorC           FF C majorC              G+G
And you say that the battle is o- ver, finally the war is all done
                                       C majorC  FF
Go tell it to those with the wind in their nose who run from the sound of the gun

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And write it on the sides of the great whaling ships or on ice floes where conscience is tossed
                  C majorC           G+G            C majorC  FF C majorC
With the wild in their eyes, it is they who must die and we who must measure the loss |

    C majorC           FF C majorC              G+G
And you say that the battle is o- ver, finally the world is at peace
                                       C majorC
You mean no one is dying and mothers don't weep, or it's not in the papers at least

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There are those who would deal in the darkness of life
                    FF
There are those who would tear down the sun
               C majorC
And most men are ruthless but some will still weep
     G+G            FF   DmDm A minorAm G+G A minorAm C majorC
When the gifts we were given are gone | | |

    C majorC            FF     C majorC                  G+G
For the blame cannot fall on the heads of a few, it's become such a part of the race
                                        C majorC   FF
It's eternally tragic that which is magic be killed at the end of the glorious chase

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They will fall just like weeds in the wind
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With fur coats and perfumes and trophies on walls
    G+G           FF  G+G A minorAm C majorC FF E minorEm DmDm
What a hell of a race to call men | | |

    C majorC           FF   C majorC           G+G
And you say that the battle is over, finally the war is all done
                                       C majorC  FF
Go tell it to those with the wind in their nose who run from the sound of the gun

  C majorC              FF       C majorC                     FF
And write it on the sides of the great whaling ships or on ice floes where conscience is tossed
                  C majorC           G+G            C majorC  FF
With the wild in their eyes, it is they who must die and we who must measure the loss
                  C majorC           G+G            C majorC  FF C majorC
With the wild in their eyes, it is they who must die and we who must measure the cost