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.

D - C - D     D - C - D ?..

(Phil Ochs)