Bm
Silent Soldiers on a silver screen,
G Em - G Em
framed in fantasies and dragged in dream.
Am D G
Unpaid actors of the mystery,
Am D Em D
the mad director knows that freedom will not make you free.
Em D
and what's this got to do with me ?
F C G D
I declare the war is over, it's over, it's over.
Bm
Drums are drizzling on a grain of sand,
G Em - G Em
fading rhythms of a fading land.
Am D G
Prove your courage in the proud parade,
Am D Em D
trust your leaders where mistakes are almost never made,
Em D
and they're afraid that I'm afraid
F C G D
I'm afraid the war is over, it's over, it's over.
Bm
Angry artists painting angry signs,
G Em - G Em
use their vision just to blind the blind.
Am D G
Poisoned players of a grizzly game,
Am D Em D
one is guilty and the other gets the point to blame,
Em D
pardon me, if I refrain
F C G D
I declare the war is over, it's over, it's over.
Bm
So do your duty, boys, and join with pride,
G Em - G Em
serve your country in her suicide.
Am D G
Find the flags so you can wave goodbye,
Am D Em D
but just before the end even treason might be worth a try,
Em D
this country is to young to die.
F C G D
I declare the war is over, it's over, it's over.
Bm
One-legged veterans will greet the dawn,
G Em - G Em
and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn.
Am D G
And the gargoyles only sit and grieve,
Am D Em D
the gypsy fortune teller told me that we'd been deceived,
Em D
you only are what you believe.
F C G D
I believe the war is over, it's over, it's over.
D - C - D D - C - D …..
(Phil Ochs)