{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1715778,"song":"The War Is Over","artist":"Phil Ochs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11362480-the-war-is-over-chords-by-phil-ochs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1715778?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":12,"content":"[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSilent Soldiers on a silver screen,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]              - [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nframed in fantasies and     dragged in dream.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUnpaid actors of the mystery,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe mad director knows that freedom will not make you free.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand what's this got to do with me ?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nI declare the war is over, it's over, it's over.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nDrums are drizzling on a grain of sand,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]                 - [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nfading rhythms of a         fading land.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nProve your courage in the proud parade,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\ntrust your leaders where mistakes are almost never made,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand they're afraid that I'm afraid[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm afraid the war is over, it's over, it's over.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAngry artists painting angry signs,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]                - [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nuse their vision just to       blind the blind.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPoisoned players of a grizzly game,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\none is guilty and the other gets the point to blame,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\npardon me, if I refrain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nI declare the war is over, it's over, it's over.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSo do your duty, boys, and join with pride,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]                  - [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nserve your country in her        suicide.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFind the flags so you can wave goodbye,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut just before the end even treason might be worth a try,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthis country is to young to die.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nI declare the war is over, it's over, it's over.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOne-legged veterans will greet the dawn,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]                     - [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand they're whistling marches as they        mow the lawn.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the gargoyles only sit and grieve,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe gypsy fortune teller told me that we'd been deceived,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nyou only are what you believe.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        \r\nI believe the war is over, it's over, it's over.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] …..\r\n\r\n(Phil Ochs)","plain_text":"D - C - D         D - C - D …..\n\n(Phil Ochs)","chords":["Bm","G","Em","Am","D","F","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}