The War Is Over chords by Phil Ochs
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Verse 1
(D major) (G major) (E minor) (B minor) Silent Soldiers
on a silver screen
A (G major) F#m E A F#m
Framed in (E minor) fantasies an (D major) d (G major)
dragged (D major) in dream (E minor)
Bm E7 A (A minor)
Unpaid actors (D major) of the (G major) mystery
Bm E F#m E (A minor)
The mad dir (D major) ector knows that (E minor)
freedom will not make (D major) you free
F#m E
(E minor) And what's this got to (D major) do with me
G D (F major)
I declare the war is (C major) over
A E E A E C#m
It's (G major) over, it's (D major) over
Verse 2
(B minor)
Drums are drizzling on a
grain of sand (G major)
Fading (E minor) rhythms of a (G major) fading land (E minor) (A minor)
Prove your courage in the
(G major) proud parade (A minor)
Trust your (D major) leaders where mistakes (E minor)
are almost (D major) never made
(E minor) And they're afraid that (D major) I'm afraid (F major)
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Verse 3
I'm afraid (F major) the war is (C major) over
It's (G major) over, it's (D major) over
Verse 4
(B minor)
Angry artists painting angry signs (G major)
Use their (E minor) vision just to (D major) (G major)
blind the (E minor) blind (A minor)
Poisoned players of a grizzly (G major) game (A minor)
One is (D major) guilty and the (E minor) other gets
the (D major) point to blame (E minor)
Pardon me if I (D major) refrain (F major)
Verse 5
I declare (F major) the war is (C major) over
It's (G major) over, it's (D major) over
Interlude 1
(D major) (E minor) (B minor)
Verse 6
So do your (B minor) duty, boys,
and join with pride (G major)
Serve your country (E minor) in her (B minor)
(G major) sui (E minor) cide (A minor)
Find the flags so you can
(G major) wave goodbye (A minor)
But just be (D major) fore the end even
(E minor) treason might be (D major) worth a try
(E minor) This country is too (D major) young to die (F major)
Verse 7
I declare (F major) the war is (C major) over
It's (G major) over, it's (D major) over
Verse 8
(B minor)
One-legged veterans veterans
will greet the dawn
And they're (G major) whistling marches (E minor)
as (G major) they mow the (E minor) lawn (A minor)
And the gargoyles (D major) only
(G major) sit and grieve (A minor)
The gypsy fortune (D major) teller told (E minor) me
that we'd (D major) been deceived
(E minor) You only are what (D major) you believe (F major)
Verse 9
I believe (F major) the war is (C major) over
It's (G major) over, it's (D major) over
Outro 1
(G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (D major)
(G major)
The War Is Over
Phil Ochs
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