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