MASTERS OF WAR
Bob Dylan
[
Am] Come you masters
of war [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
You that build the big guns [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
You that build the death planes [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
You that build all the bombs [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
You that hide behind walls [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
You that hide behind desks [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
I just [C] want you
to [G] know
I can [F]
see through your [Am] masks [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
You that never done nothin' [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
But build to destroy [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
You play with my world [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Like it's your little toy [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
You put a gun in my hand [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Then you hide from my eyes [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Then you [C] turn and
run [G] farther
When the [F] fast bullets
[Am] fly [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Like Judas of old [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
You lie and deceive [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
A world war can be won [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
You want me to believe [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
But I see through your eyes [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
And I see through your brain [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Like I [C] see through
the [G] water
That [F] runs down
my [Am] drain [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
You that fasten the triggers [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
For the others to fire [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Then you sit back and watch [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
While the death count gets higher [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
You hide in your mansions [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
While the young people's blood [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Flows [C] out of their
[G] bodies
And gets [F] buried
in the [Am] mud [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
You've thrown the worst fear [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
That can ever be hurled [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Fear to bring children [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Into the world [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
For threatening my baby [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Unborn and unnamed [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
[C] You ain't worth
the [G] blood
That [F] runs in your
[Am] veins [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
How much do I know [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
To talk out of turn [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
You might say that I'm young [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
You might say I'm unlearned [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
But there's one thing I know [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Though I'm younger than you [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Even [C] Jesus would
[G] never
For-[F]-give what you
[Am] do [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Let me ask you one question [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Is your money that good? [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Will it buy you forgiveness? [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Do you think that it could? [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
I think you will find [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
When your death takes its toll [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
All the [C] money you
[G] made
Won't ever [F] buy
back your [Am] soul [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
And I hope that you die [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
And your death will come soon [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
I'll follow your casket [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Through the pale afternoon [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
And I'll watch while you're lowered [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Into your death bed [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]
Then I'll [C] stand
over your [G] grave
Till I'm [F] sure that
you're [Am] dead. [Am7][Am][Am7][Am]