Eve Of Destruction:Barry McGuire.
#1 in '65. Probably the best protest song
of the '60's.

#1.
D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)     AThe (x02220@1)eastern world, it is explodin',
D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)     AViolence (x02220@1)flares and bullets loading.
       D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)         AYou're (x02220@1)old enough to kill, but not for votin',
    D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)                    AYou (x02220@1)don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'?
    D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)even the Jordan River has bodies floating...

CHORUS:
A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)            BmBut (x24432@1)you tell me, over and over and over again, my friend,
          G (320003@1)                 A (x02220@1)              Daaah, (xx0232@1)you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
#2.
D (xx0232@1)                           G (320003@1)       ADon't (x02220@1)you understand what I'm tryin' to say?
D (xx0232@1)                              G (320003@1)     ACan't (x02220@1)you feel the fear that I'm feeling today?
       D (xx0232@1)                         G (320003@1)      AIf (x02220@1)the button is pushed there's no running away.
            D (xx0232@1)                     G (320003@1)        AThere'll (x02220@1)be no one to save with the world in a grave.
       D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)                ATake (x02220@1)a look around you boy, it's bound to scare you boy...

CHORUS:

#3.
D (xx0232@1)                      G (320003@1)       AMy (x02220@1)blood's so mad, feels like coagulating.
    D (xx0232@1)                    G (320003@1)   AAnd (x02220@1)I'm sitting here, just contemplating.
  D (xx0232@1)                        G (320003@1)        AI (x02220@1)can't change the truth, it has no regulation.
  D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)       AA (x02220@1)handful of senators can't pass legislation.
    D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)        AAnd (x02220@1)marches alone can't bring integration,
     D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)    Awhen (x02220@1)human respect is disintegrating.
     D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)          AThis (x02220@1)whole damn world is just too frustrating...

CHORUS:

#4.
D (xx0232@1)                         G (320003@1)       AThink (x02220@1)of all the hate there is in Red China.
     D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)       AThen (x02220@1)take a look around at Selma, Alabama.
D (xx0232@1)                    G (320003@1)          AYou (x02220@1)may leave here for four days in space,
    D (xx0232@1)                      G (320003@1)         ABut (x02220@1)when you return it's the same damned place.
    D (xx0232@1)                        G (320003@1)          AThe (x02220@1)pounding of the drums, the pride and disgrace,
        D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)           Ayou (x02220@1)can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace,
          D (xx0232@1)                     G (320003@1)             Ahate (x02220@1)your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace...

CHORUS:
ADD:
D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)                 A (x02220@1)              DYeah, (xx0232@1)you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)                 A (x02220@1)              DNo, (xx0232@1)no, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.