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You Say That The Battle Is Over

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And you sGay that the battle is CovGer
And finally the war is all doDne
Go tell it to those with the wind in their nose
Who run from the sound of the gGunC  
And wrGite it on the sides of the grCeat whaling shGips
Or on ice floes where conscience is toCssed with the wild in their eyes
It is tGhey who must die and it's wDe who must measure the loGssC  Em  D  
And you sGay that the battle is CovGer
And finally the world is at pDeace
You mean no one is dying and mothers don't weep
or it's not in the papers at GleasCt
There Gare those who would deal in the Cdarkness of Glife
There are those who would tear down the Csun. And most men are ruthless
but sGome will still weep, when the Dgifts we were given are gGoneC  Em  D  
Now the bGlame cannot fall on the Cheads of a Gfew
It's become such a part of the Drace
It's eternally tragic, that which is magic,
be killed at the end of the glorious GchaseC  
From young Gseals to great whales, from Cwaters to Gwood
They will fall just like weeds in the Cwind. With fur coats and perfumes
and Gtrophies on walls, what a hDell of a race to call GmenC  Em  D  
And you sGay that the battle is CovGer
And finally the war is all doDne
Go tell it to those with the wind in their nose
Who run from the sound of the gGunC  
And wrGite it on the sides of the grCeat whaling shGips
Or on ice floes where conscience is toCssed with the wild in their eyes
It is tGhey who must die and it's wDe who must measure the loGss
With the Cwild in their eyes
It is Gthey who must die
And it's Dwe who must measure the lGossC  G  

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You Say That The Battle Is Over

by John Denver

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G C G

And you say that the battle is over

And finally the war is all done

Go tell it to those with the wind in their nose

G C

Who run from the sound of the gun

G C G

And write it on the sides of the great whaling ships

Or on ice floes where conscience is tossed with the wild in their eyes

G D G C Em D

It is they who must die and it's we who must measure the loss

G C G

And you say that the battle is over

And finally the world is at peace

You mean no one is dying and mothers don't weep

G C

or it's not in the papers at least

G C G

There are those who would deal in the darkness of life

There are those who would tear down the sun. And most men are ruthless

G D G C Em D

but some will still weep, when the gifts we were given are gone

G C G

Now the blame cannot fall on the heads of a few

It's become such a part of the race

It's eternally tragic, that which is magic,

G C

be killed at the end of the glorious chase

G C G

From young seals to great whales, from waters to wood

They will fall just like weeds in the wind. With fur coats and perfumes

G D G C Em D

and trophies on walls, what a hell of a race to call men

G C G

And you say that the battle is over

And finally the war is all done

Go tell it to those with the wind in their nose

G C

Who run from the sound of the gun

G C G

And write it on the sides of the great whaling ships

Or on ice floes where conscience is tossed with the wild in their eyes

G D G

It is they who must die and it's we who must measure the loss

With the wild in their eyes

It is they who must die

D G C G

And it's we who must measure the loss

About You Say That The Battle Is Over Chords by John Denver

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