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