Eve of Destruction

Barry McGuire

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Intro: | D Dsus4 Dsus2 D | (4 times)

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The eastern world it is explodin'
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 Violence flarin', bullets loadin'
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Your old enough to kill but not for votin'
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You don't believe in war but what's that gun your totin'?
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And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'

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And you tell me over and over and over again, my friend
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How you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

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Don't you understand what I'm trying to say
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And can't you feel the fears that I'm feeling today
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If the button is pushed there's no runnin' away
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There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave
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Take a look around you boy, it's bound to scare you, boy

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And you tell me over and over and over again, my friend
        G                   A               D          G   A   D
How you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

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Yeah, my blood's so mad feels like coagulatin'
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I'm sitting here just contemplatin'
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I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation
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Handful of senators don't pass legislation
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And marches alone can't bring integration
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When human respect is disintegratin'
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This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'

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And you tell me over and over and over again, my friend
        G                   A               D          G   A   D
How you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

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Think of all the hate there is in red China
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And take a look around to Selma, Alabama
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You may leave here for four days in space
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But when you return it's the same old place
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The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace
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You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace
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Hate your next door neighbour, but don't forget to say grace

   D        G        A        D              Bm
And tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend
    G                   A               D
You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
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No, no, no, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction