{"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":916202,"song":"You Say That The Battle Is Over","artist":"John Denver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/916202-you-say-that-the-battle-is-over-chords-by-john-denver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/916202?type=chord","rating":4.99341,"votes":20,"content":"[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you say that the battle is over[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd finally the war is all done[/tab]\r\n\r\nGo tell it to those with the wind in their nose\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho run from the sound of the gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd write it on the sides of the great whaling ships[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr on ice floes where conscience is tossed with the wild in their eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt is they who must die and it's we who must measure the loss[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you say that the battle is over[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd finally the world is at peace[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou mean no one is dying and mothers don't weep\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nor it's not in the papers at least[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere are those who would deal in the darkness of life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere are those who would tear down the sun. And most men are ruthless[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut some will still weep, when the gifts we were given are gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the blame cannot fall on the heads of a few[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's become such a part of the race[/tab]\r\n\r\nIt's eternally tragic, that which is magic,\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbe killed at the end of the glorious chase[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom young seals to great whales, from waters to wood[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey will fall just like weeds in the wind. With fur coats and perfumes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand trophies on walls, what a hell of a race to call men[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you say that the battle is over[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd finally the war is all done[/tab]\r\n\r\nGo tell it to those with the wind in their nose\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho run from the sound of the gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd write it on the sides of the great whaling ships[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr on ice floes where conscience is tossed with the wild in their eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt is they who must die and it's we who must measure the loss[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith the wild in their eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt is they who must die[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it's we who must measure the loss[/tab]","plain_text":"Go tell it to those with the wind in their nose\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou mean no one is dying and mothers don't weep\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt's eternally tragic, that which is magic,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGo tell it to those with the wind in their nose","chords":["G","C","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}