Chords for Barry McGuire - "Eve of Destruction" with John York
Tempo:
52.95 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
D
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Oh yeah, and so he introduced me to this little, this another little skinny 19 year old kid from Beverly Hills
and who had written this tune and three weeks later I was in the studio and we
did this song folks, let me tell you about it, in one take because we only had
three hours to record.
We did two songs, the third one wasn't working out so the
producer, Luce, says let's do something else and I pulled the words of this song
out of my pocket, they were all wrinkly, I had them on a piece of notebook paper
where Phil had written the words, smoothed out the wrinkles, hung them on the music
stand, they went through it twice, the musicians did and we recorded it in one
take, couldn't do it again because we were out of time when there was a band
waiting out in the hallway and this is what we did that one time.
Yeah the Eastern world, [G] it is exploding, [F] violence flaring, bullets [C] loading,
heroes enough to kill, [D] not [C] provoking, you don't believe in war, I was the gun you
told and even the Jordan River had bodies floating and you tell me [G] over and
over and over [Am] again my friend, oh thank [F] you, you don't believe [G] we're on the [C] eve of destruction.
[F]
Hell I know you [F] understand what I was trying to [C] say, I know you feel the fears
[G] I'm still feeling them today, when the button is pushed there'll be no running
away, there'll be no one to save, we're the world in a grave, take a look around
you boy, it's bound to scare you boy and you [F] tell me [G] over and over and over again
my [C] friend, yeah, [F] oh you don't believe [G] we're on the eve of [D] destruction, oh you don't
believe [C] we're on the eve, my blood so mad, feels [G] like [C] coagulating, standing here just
[G] contemplating, you [C] can't twist the truth, it knows no [C] regulation and a handful of
senators can't pass [G] legislation and marches alone [D] will never bring
integration, [C] when human respect is [G] disintegrate, I'm this whole crazy world
is [G] just too frustrated and you tell me over and [C] over and over again my friend,
[F] saying you don't believe [G] we're on the [C] eve of destruction, [F] oh you don't believe [C] we're on the eve,
well think of all the hate still living inside us, it's never too late [G] to let love
guide us, we can leave here for ten years in space but when we return, same old place,
all the pounding of the drums, the pride and disgrace, we can bury our dead and don't
leave a trace, hate our next door neighbor [F] but don't forget [G] to say grace
and tell me over and over and over and over again my friend, you don't believe
we're on the eve of destruction, [D] yeah, [F] you don't believe we're on the [C] eve of destruction
[F] [C]
[E] [Cm]
Barry Maguire, [E] really, the real guy, [N] how many times have you heard that song on
and who had written this tune and three weeks later I was in the studio and we
did this song folks, let me tell you about it, in one take because we only had
three hours to record.
We did two songs, the third one wasn't working out so the
producer, Luce, says let's do something else and I pulled the words of this song
out of my pocket, they were all wrinkly, I had them on a piece of notebook paper
where Phil had written the words, smoothed out the wrinkles, hung them on the music
stand, they went through it twice, the musicians did and we recorded it in one
take, couldn't do it again because we were out of time when there was a band
waiting out in the hallway and this is what we did that one time.
Yeah the Eastern world, [G] it is exploding, [F] violence flaring, bullets [C] loading,
heroes enough to kill, [D] not [C] provoking, you don't believe in war, I was the gun you
told and even the Jordan River had bodies floating and you tell me [G] over and
over and over [Am] again my friend, oh thank [F] you, you don't believe [G] we're on the [C] eve of destruction.
[F]
Hell I know you [F] understand what I was trying to [C] say, I know you feel the fears
[G] I'm still feeling them today, when the button is pushed there'll be no running
away, there'll be no one to save, we're the world in a grave, take a look around
you boy, it's bound to scare you boy and you [F] tell me [G] over and over and over again
my [C] friend, yeah, [F] oh you don't believe [G] we're on the eve of [D] destruction, oh you don't
believe [C] we're on the eve, my blood so mad, feels [G] like [C] coagulating, standing here just
[G] contemplating, you [C] can't twist the truth, it knows no [C] regulation and a handful of
senators can't pass [G] legislation and marches alone [D] will never bring
integration, [C] when human respect is [G] disintegrate, I'm this whole crazy world
is [G] just too frustrated and you tell me over and [C] over and over again my friend,
[F] saying you don't believe [G] we're on the [C] eve of destruction, [F] oh you don't believe [C] we're on the eve,
well think of all the hate still living inside us, it's never too late [G] to let love
guide us, we can leave here for ten years in space but when we return, same old place,
all the pounding of the drums, the pride and disgrace, we can bury our dead and don't
leave a trace, hate our next door neighbor [F] but don't forget [G] to say grace
and tell me over and over and over and over again my friend, you don't believe
we're on the eve of destruction, [D] yeah, [F] you don't believe we're on the [C] eve of destruction
[F] [C]
[E] [Cm]
Barry Maguire, [E] really, the real guy, [N] how many times have you heard that song on
Key:
C
G
F
D
E
C
G
F
_ Oh yeah, and so he introduced me to this little, this another little skinny 19 year old kid from Beverly Hills
and who had written this tune and three weeks later I was in the studio and we
did this song folks, let me tell you about it, in one take because we only had
three hours to record.
We did two songs, the third one wasn't working out so the
producer, Luce, says let's do something else and I pulled the words of this song
out of my pocket, they were all wrinkly, I had them on a piece of notebook paper
where Phil had written the words, smoothed out the wrinkles, hung them on the music
stand, they went through it twice, the musicians did and we recorded it in one
take, couldn't do it again because we were out of time when there was a band
waiting out in the hallway and this is what we did that one time. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah the Eastern world, [G] it is exploding, [F] violence flaring, bullets [C] loading,
heroes enough to kill, [D] not [C] provoking, you don't believe in war, I was the gun you
told and even the Jordan River had bodies floating and you tell me [G] over and
over and over [Am] again my friend, oh thank [F] you, you don't believe [G] we're on the [C] eve of destruction.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ Hell I know you [F] understand what I was trying to [C] say, I know you feel the fears
[G] I'm still feeling them today, when the button is pushed there'll be no running
away, there'll be no one to save, we're the world in a grave, take a look around
you boy, it's bound to scare you boy and you [F] tell me [G] over and over and over again
my [C] friend, yeah, [F] oh you don't believe [G] we're on the eve of [D] destruction, oh you don't
believe [C] we're on the eve, _ my blood so mad, feels [G] like [C] coagulating, standing here just
[G] contemplating, you [C] can't twist the truth, it knows no [C] regulation and a handful of
senators can't pass [G] legislation and marches alone [D] will never bring
integration, [C] when human respect is [G] disintegrate, I'm this whole crazy world
is [G] just too frustrated and you tell me over and [C] over and over again my friend,
[F] saying you don't believe [G] we're on the [C] eve of destruction, [F] oh you don't believe [C] we're on the _ eve,
well think of all the hate still living inside us, it's never too late [G] to let love
guide us, we can leave here for ten years in space but when we return, same old place,
all the pounding of the drums, the pride and disgrace, we can bury our dead and don't
leave a trace, hate our next door neighbor [F] but don't forget [G] to say grace
and tell me over and over and over and over again my friend, you don't believe
we're on the eve of destruction, [D] yeah, [F] you don't believe we're on the [C] eve of destruction
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Cm] _ _
Barry Maguire, [E] _ really, the real guy, [N] how many times have you heard that song on
and who had written this tune and three weeks later I was in the studio and we
did this song folks, let me tell you about it, in one take because we only had
three hours to record.
We did two songs, the third one wasn't working out so the
producer, Luce, says let's do something else and I pulled the words of this song
out of my pocket, they were all wrinkly, I had them on a piece of notebook paper
where Phil had written the words, smoothed out the wrinkles, hung them on the music
stand, they went through it twice, the musicians did and we recorded it in one
take, couldn't do it again because we were out of time when there was a band
waiting out in the hallway and this is what we did that one time. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah the Eastern world, [G] it is exploding, [F] violence flaring, bullets [C] loading,
heroes enough to kill, [D] not [C] provoking, you don't believe in war, I was the gun you
told and even the Jordan River had bodies floating and you tell me [G] over and
over and over [Am] again my friend, oh thank [F] you, you don't believe [G] we're on the [C] eve of destruction.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ Hell I know you [F] understand what I was trying to [C] say, I know you feel the fears
[G] I'm still feeling them today, when the button is pushed there'll be no running
away, there'll be no one to save, we're the world in a grave, take a look around
you boy, it's bound to scare you boy and you [F] tell me [G] over and over and over again
my [C] friend, yeah, [F] oh you don't believe [G] we're on the eve of [D] destruction, oh you don't
believe [C] we're on the eve, _ my blood so mad, feels [G] like [C] coagulating, standing here just
[G] contemplating, you [C] can't twist the truth, it knows no [C] regulation and a handful of
senators can't pass [G] legislation and marches alone [D] will never bring
integration, [C] when human respect is [G] disintegrate, I'm this whole crazy world
is [G] just too frustrated and you tell me over and [C] over and over again my friend,
[F] saying you don't believe [G] we're on the [C] eve of destruction, [F] oh you don't believe [C] we're on the _ eve,
well think of all the hate still living inside us, it's never too late [G] to let love
guide us, we can leave here for ten years in space but when we return, same old place,
all the pounding of the drums, the pride and disgrace, we can bury our dead and don't
leave a trace, hate our next door neighbor [F] but don't forget [G] to say grace
and tell me over and over and over and over again my friend, you don't believe
we're on the eve of destruction, [D] yeah, [F] you don't believe we're on the [C] eve of destruction
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Cm] _ _
Barry Maguire, [E] _ really, the real guy, [N] how many times have you heard that song on