Chords for Jeff Wayne - The Eve of the War (Official Audio) ft. Richard Burton, Justin Hayward

No one would have believed, [Eb] in the last years of the 19th century, that human [E] affairs were
being watched from the timeless worlds of space.
No one could have dreamed we were being scrutinized [G] as someone with a [Eb] microscope studies creatures
that [B] swarm and multiply in a drop of water.
_ Few men even consider the possibility of life on other planets.
And yet, across the gulf of [E] space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this Earth with envious eyes.
_ And [C] slowly, and surely, _ they drew their plans against us. _ _
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luminous gas erupted from Mars and [Dm] spread towards Earth.
_ Across 200 million miles of void, _ invisibly [C] hurtling towards us, came the first of the
missiles that were to bring so much calamity to Earth.
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It was another missile, starting on its [C] way. _ _ _
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ And that's how it [Bb] was for the next ten nights.
[Dm] A flare spurting out from Mars, bright green, drawing a green mist behind it.
A beautiful, [D] but somehow [B] disturbing sight. _
[Dm] Older than the astronomer, assuredly we were in no danger.
He [D] was convinced there could be no living thing on that [Dm] remote, forbidden planet.
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[G] The chances of [Dm] anything coming from Mars [Bb] are a million to one, he [Dm] said. _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] The chances of anything [Dm] coming from Mars [Bb] are a million to [C] one.
But still, they [D] come.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ Then came [Dm] the night the first missile approached Earth.
It was thought to be an ordinary [A] falling star.
[E] The next day there was a huge crater in the middle [Dm] of the column, and Ogle began to [Bb] examine what lay there.
[D] A cylinder, 30 yards across, [Dm] glowing hot, with faint sounds of movement coming from [D] within.
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Suddenly the top began [D] moving, [Dm] rotating, _ unscrewing.
And Ogle befeared there was a [A] man inside trying to escape.
[D] He rushed to the cylinder, but the intense [Dm] heat stopped him before he could burn himself on [D] the metal.
_ _ [C] The chances of [Dm] anything coming from Mars [Bb] are a million to one, he [Dm] said. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] The chances of [Dm] anything coming from [Bb] Mars are a million to one.
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[C] Yes, the chances [G] of [Dm] anything coming from Mars [Bb] are a million to one, [Dm] he said. _ _
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_ _ _ It seems totally incredible to me now that everyone spent that evening as though it were just like any other.
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From the railway station came the sound of shunting trains, ringing and rumbling, softened almost into melody by the distance. _
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_ _ _ _ It all seemed so safe and tranquil.
I'm afraid you're not alone. _ _ _ _