Ballad Of October 16 chords by
Pete Seeger

N/A

Key: F major•

Verse 1
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C C 
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F F 
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It was on a Saturday night,
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F F 
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and the moon was shining bright,
C C 
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They passed the conscription bill,
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And the people they did say,
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for many miles away,
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C C 
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Dm Dm 
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Was the President an
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d his boys on Capitol Hill.
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Bb Bb 
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F F 
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Old Franklin Roosevelt told
the people how he felt.
C C 
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We damn near believe what he said.
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He said, I  hate war, and so does Elendor,
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but we won't be safe till
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F F 
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Bb Bb 
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F F 
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everybody's dead.
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F F 
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When my poor old mother died,
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I was sit ting by her side
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A -promising to war I'd never go
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But now I'm wearing cocky jeans
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and eatin' army beans
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C C 
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And I'm told that J .P. Morgan loves me
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so I have wandered over this land,
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a Roman working man,
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No clothes to wear
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and not much food to eat,
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But now the government
puts the bill,
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F F 
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Gives me clothes and feeds me swill,
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Gets me shot and puts me
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underground six feet.
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Old Franklin Roosevelt told
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the people how he felt
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We damn near believed what he said
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He said, I hate war,
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and so does Eleanor
But we won't be saved
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F F 
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till everybody's dead
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Why, nothing can be wrong
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F F 
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if it makes our country strong.
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We gotta get tough to save democracy.
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And though it may mean war,
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we must defend Singapore.
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This don't hurt you half as
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F F 
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much as it hurts me.
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Old Franklin Roosevelt told
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the people how he felt,
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we damn near believe what he said.
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He said, I  hate war,
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F F 
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and so  does Eleanor,
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F F 
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but we won't be safe till everybody's dead.