Eve Of Destruction
Barry McGuire

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The eastern world it is exploding
D                 G            A
Violence flarin', bullets loadin'
       D                      G       A
You're old enough to kill but not for votin'
    D                        G                       A
You don't believe in war but what's that gun you're totin'
    D                         G           A
And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'
        D       G        A        D             Bm
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend
      G                      A            D
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

D                             G         A
Don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say
D                            G        A   
Can't you feel the fears I'm feelin' today?
       D                            G        A
If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away
            D                       G          A
There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave
       D                         G                  A
Take a look around you boy, it's bound to scare you boy
        D       G        A        D             Bm
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend
      G                      A            D
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

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Yeah my blood's so mad feels like coagulating
    D                 G        A
I'm sitting here just contemplatin'
  D                              G         A
I can't twist the truth it knows no regulation
D                         G          A
Handful of senators don't pass legislation
    D                   G            A
And marches alone can't bring integration
     D                G          A
When human respect is disintegratin'
     D                         G          A  
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'
        D       G        A        D             Bm
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend
      G                      A            D
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

D                           G         A     
Think of all the hate there is in Red China
     D                     G         A
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
D                      G            A
You may leave here for four days in space
    D                        G        A
But when you return it's the same old place
    D                          G            A
The pounding of the drums, the pride and disgrace
        D                        G       A
You can bury your dead but don't leave a trace
          D                      G               A
Hate your next door neighbor but don't forget to say grace
        D       G        A        D             Bm
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend
      G                      A            D
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

CODA:
        D       G        A        D             Bm
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend
      G                      A            D
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
      G                      A            D          G   D
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction