Key: G major
Intro 1
E
Verse 1
E
Now your Father has told you
F#m
Son you're naive
B
To still be out lookin'
E
For something to believe
The realities of power
F#m
Are above your ideals
B
And he sure has good reasons
E
For the way that he feels
Verse 2
E
For man has never hesitated
F#m
To do violent deeds
B
To ravage this earth
F#m
E
And take more than he needs
Can there be any doubt
F#m
To the size of his crimes
B
After all that we've seen
A
E
Within our own times
Verse 3
E
Oh but what kind of logic
F#m
In what kind of brain
B
G#m
What manner of man
A
E
Would think it was sane
What kind of soul
F#m
And what heart that beats
B
G#m
Would chose to kill millions
B
A
E
For an honorable peace
B
A
B
Verse 4
A
E
There are those who will argue
F#m
It's all too complex
B
You must live past the present
A
E
To see it's effects
As if the peasant in the fields
F#m
Hearing planes in the sky
B
Waits for history to tell him
F#m
E
It's his turn to die
Verse 5
E
Now I'm sorry that you have to hear
F#m
These words tonight
B
They're not pleasant to sing
A
E
B
They're not pleasant to write
E
I know the tide of protest
F#m
Has passed us somehow
B
Oh but when do you speak out
A
E
If you don't speak out now
Verse 6
E
Tell me What
kind of logic
F#m
In what kind of brain
B
What manner of man
A
E
Would think it was sane
What kind of soul
F#m
And what heart that beats
B
Would chose to kill millions
A
E
For an honorable peace
Verse 7
E
Tell me
What kind of logic
F#m
In what kind of brain
B
What manner of man
A
E
Would think it was sane
What kind of soul
F#m
In what heart that beats
B
Would chose to kill millions
A
E
For an honorable peace
Verse 8
E
Tell me What
kind of logic
F#m
In what kind of brain
B
What manner of man
A
E
Would think it was sane
What kind of soul
F#m
In what heart that beats
B
Would chose to kill millions
A
G
E
For an honorable peace
Outro 1
E
F#m
B
A
E
A
E
B
F#m
B
A
E
F#m
B
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