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The Eve of Destruction chords
The Turtles 1965 (P.F. Sloan)

D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)     AThe (x02220@1)Eastern world it is explodin'
D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)     AViolence (x02220@1)flarin' and bullets loadin'
       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 toting?
    D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'

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)             D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

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 fears that I'm feelin' 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

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)             D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

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)             D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

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 to 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 old place
    D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)          AThe (x02220@1)pounding 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)                      
Hate your next door neighbor
    G (320003@1)             ABut (x02220@1)don't forget to say grace

D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)           BmAnd (x24432@1)tell me, over and over and over again my friend,
        G (320003@1)                 A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)      
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
        G (320003@1)                 A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A   DAh, (xx0232@1)you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

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