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Eve of Destruction
Barry McGuire

Acoustic
  Intro        (4 times)      (D) Verse                                                          
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  (G) Chorus                               (A)           (D/F#)                                   
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A-|--2------2--------2-----|--2------2-----0--0-0-0--0--|-------------------------|
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    (Em)                    (G) (A)  |-------------twice---|  (G) (A)
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A-|--2------2--------2-----|---|---||-----------------------||---|---|
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1st verse
The eastern world it is explodin'
Violence flarin' bullets loadin'
You're old enough to kill but not for votin'
You don't believe in war but what's that gun you're tottin'
And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'

Chorus
But ya tell me over and over and over again me friends
Ah ya don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

2nd verse
Don't ya understand what I'm tryin' to say
and can't ya feels the fears I'm feelin' today
If the button is pushed there's no runnin' away
There'll be noone to save with the world in a grave
Take a look around ya boy it's bound to scare ya boy

Chorus

3rd verse
Yeah my blood's so mad feels like coagulatin'
I'm sittin' here just contemplatin'
*I can't print the truth* it knows no regulation
A hand full of senators don't pass legislation
And marches alone can't bring integration
when human respect is disintegratin'
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin' 

Chorus

4th verse
Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma Alabama
Ah you may leave here for four days in space
But when you return it's the same old place
The poundin' of the drums the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead but don't leave a trace
Hate you next door neighbour but don't forget to say grace

Chorus