We Seek No Wider War [Previously Unreleased Track] chords by Phil Ochs
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Intro 1
(D major)
Verse 1
(D major) Over the ashes of blood marched
the civil (G major) ized (D major) soldiers,
Over (F sharp minor) the ruins of (D major) the french
(G major) fortress of (D major) a fail (B flat major) ure
(A major) (D major) Over the silent screams of
the dead an (F sharp minor) d the dying
Say (D major) ing (G major) (D major) please be re (G major) as sured,
(D major) we (C sharp major) seek no (G major) wider (D major) war.
The treaties were signed,
(G major) (D major) the country was split (G major) in to (D major) sections
But grow (F sharp minor) ing num (D major) (F sharp minor) bers of (G major) prisons
were built (D major) for pro (B flat major) tec (A major) tion
(B flat major) (A major) (D major) Rapidly filling with people
who called for elec (F sharp minor) tion (D major) s (G major)
(D major) But please be reassured,
we seek (C major) no (G major) wider (D major) war.
Ngo Dinh diem was the puppet
who danced for the power
The (F sharp minor) hero of hate who (D major) gambled
(G major) on hell for (D major) his hour (B flat major) (A major)
(D major) Father of his country was stamped on the
medals we (F sharp minor) showered (G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) But please be reassured,
we seek (C major) no (G major) wider (D major) war.
Machine gun bullets became
the bloody baptizers
And the fal (F sharp minor) con copters don't (G major) care
if someone's (D major) the wiser (B flat major) (A major)
(D major) But the boy in the swamp didn't
know he was killed by (F sharp minor) ad visers
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) So please be re (G major) as sured, (D major)
we (C major) seek no (G major) wider (D major) war.
And fires were spitting at forests in
(D major) (D major) defoliation
While the people (G major) were (F sharp minor) pressed into (D major) camps
(G major) not called (D major) concen (B flat major) tration (D major)
And the greater the victory the greater
the shame of (F sharp minor) the nation (D major)
(G major) (D major) But please be reas (D major) sured,
we seek (C major) no (G major) wider (D major) war.
While we were watching the prisoners
were tested by torture
And (F sharp minor) vicious and (D major) violent gasses (G major)
maintained (D major) the (B flat major) or (A major) der
(D major) As the finest Washington minds found
slogans for (G major) (F sharp minor) slaughter (G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) But please be re (G major) as sured, (D major)
we (C major) seek no (G major) wider (D major) war.
Then (E flat major) over (D major) the border (G major) came (D major) the
bay of pigs planes (G major) of per (D major) suasion
All remaining (F sharp minor) honor (D major) went up (G major) in flames
of (D major) inva (B flat major) sion (A major)
(D major) But the shattered schools never learned that
it's not (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (D major) escalation
But please be re (G major) as sured, (D major)
we (C sharp major) seek no (D major) wider war.
We're teaching freedom for
which they (G major) are (D major) yearning (D major)
While were dragging them (D major) down (F sharp minor)
(D major) to the path of never return (A major) ing
But, (D major) we'll condescend to talk while
the cities are burning
But please be reassured,
we seek no wider war.
And the evil is done in hopes that
evil surrenders
But the (D major) deeds of the devil are burned
too deep in the ember (G major) s
And a world of hun (D major) ger in vengeance
will always remember
So please be reassured,
we (C major) seek no (G major) wider (D major) war,
We (C sharp major) seek no (C major) (G major) wider (D major) war. (D major)
We Seek No Wider War [Previously Unreleased Track]
Phil Ochs
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