The War Is Over chords by Phil Ochs
Verse 1
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Silent Soldiers
on a silver screen
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Framed in fantasies and
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dragged in dream
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Unpaid actors of the mystery
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The mad director knows that
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freedom will not make you free
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And what's this got to do with me
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I declare the war is over
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It's over, it's over
Verse 2
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Drums are drizzling on a
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grain of sand
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Fading rhythms of a fading land
Prove your courage in the
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proud parade
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Trust your leaders where mistakes
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are almost never made
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And they're afraid that I'm afraid
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Verse 3
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I'm afraid the war is over
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It's over, it's over
Verse 4
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Angry artists painting angry signs
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Use their vision just to
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blind the blind
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Poisoned players of a grizzly game
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One is guilty and the other gets
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the point to blame
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Pardon me if I refrain
Verse 5
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I declare the war is over
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It's over, it's over
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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So do your duty, boys,
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and join with pride
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Serve your country in her
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suicide
Find the flags so you can
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wave goodbye
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But just before the end even
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treason might be worth a try
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This country is too young to die
Verse 7
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I declare the war is over
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It's over, it's over
Verse 8
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One-legged veterans veterans
will greet the dawn
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And they're whistling marches
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as they mow the lawn
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And the gargoyles only
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sit and grieve
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The gypsy fortune teller told me
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that we'd been deceived
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You only are what you believe
Verse 9
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I believe the war is over
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It's over, it's over
Outro 1
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The War Is Over
Phil Ochs
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