The War Is Over chords by Phil Ochs

Bm
Silent Soldiers on a silver screen,
G         Em              - G             Em
framed in fantasies and     dragged in dream.
Am     D             G
Unpaid actors of the mystery,
Am               D          Em                        D
the mad director knows that freedom will not make you free.
Em                              D
and what's this got to do with me ?
   F                 C            G        D
I declare the war is over, it's over, it's over.

Bm
Drums are drizzling on a grain of sand,
G       Em                 - G       Em
fading rhythms of a         fading land.
Am         D                    G
Prove your courage in the proud parade,
Am         D             Em                        D
trust your leaders where mistakes are almost never made,
Em                              D
and they're afraid that I'm afraid
F                     C           G            D
I'm afraid the war is over, it's over, it's over.

Bm
Angry artists painting angry signs,
G         Em                - G          Em
use their vision just to       blind the blind.
Am       D                 G
Poisoned players of a grizzly game,
Am       D                  Em                 D
one is guilty and the other gets the point to blame,
Em                    D
pardon me, if I refrain
F                    C            G            D
I declare the war is over, it's over, it's over.


Bm
So do your duty, boys, and join with pride,
G          Em                  - G      Em
serve your country in her        suicide.
Am       D                         G
Find the flags so you can wave goodbye,
Am                  D         Em                        D
but just before the end even treason might be worth a try,
Em                        D
this country is to young to die.
F                    C            G            D
I declare the war is over, it's over, it's over.

Bm
One-legged veterans will greet the dawn,
G                     Em                     - G       Em
and they're whistling marches as they        mow the lawn.
Am                     D        G
And the gargoyles only sit and grieve,
Am                D              Em             D
the gypsy fortune teller told me that we'd been deceived,
Em                          D
you only are what you believe.
F                    C            G        D
I believe the war is over, it's over, it's over.

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(Phil Ochs)