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EVE OF DESTRUCTION
Barry McGuire
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[D] The eastern world [G] it is ex-[A7]-plodin',
[D] violence flarin', [G] bullets [A7] loadin',
You're [D] old enough to kill [G] but not for [A7] votin',
You [D] don't believe in war, [G] what's that gun you're [A7] totin',
And [D] even the Jordan river has [G] bodies [A7] floatin',
But you [D] tell me [G] over and [A7] over and [D] over again my [Bm] friend,
Ah, you [G] don't believe we're [A7] on the eve of [D] destruction.
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[D] Don't you understand, what I'm [G] trying to [A7] say?
[D] Can't you see the fear that I'm [G] feeling [A7] today?
[D] If the button is pushed, there's [G] no running [A7] away,
There'll be [D] no-one to save with the [G] world in a [A7] grave,
Take a [D] look around you, boy, it's [G] bound to scare you, [A7]
But you [D] tell me [G] over and [A7] over and [D] over again my [Bm] friend,
Ah, you [G] don't believe we're [A7] on the eve of [D] destruction.
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Yeah, my [D] blood's so mad, feels [G] like coagu-[A7]-latin',
[D] I'm sittin' here, just [G] contem-[A7]-platin',
[D] I can't twist the truth, it [G] knows no regu-[A7]-lation,
[D] Handfuls of Senators don't [G] pass legis-[A7]-lation,
[D] And marches alone can't [G] bring inte-[A7]-gration,
When [D] human respect is [G] disinte-[A7]-gratin',
This [D] whole crazy world is [G] just too [A7] frustratin',
But you [D] tell me [G] over and [A7] over and [D] over again my [Bm] friend,
Ah, you [G] don't believe we're [A7] on the eve of [D] destruction.
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[D] Think of all the hate there [G] is in Red [A7] China!
Then [D] take a look around to [G] Selma, Ala-[A7]-bama!
Ah, [D] you may leave here, for [G] four days in [A7] space,
But [D] when you return, it's the [G] same old [A7] place,
The [D] poundin' of the drums, the [G] pride and [A7] disgrace,
You can [D] bury your dead, but [G] don't leave a [A7] trace,
Hate your [D] next-door-neighbour, but [G] don't forget to [A7] say grace,
And [D] tell me [G] over and [A7] over and [D] over again my [Bm] friend,
Ah, you [G] don't believe we're [A7] on the eve of [D] destruction.
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