We Seek No Wider War [Previously Unreleased Track] chords and lyrics - PHIL OCHS

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[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
[D]Over the ashes of blood marched
the civil[G]ized [D]soldiers,
[F#m]Over the ruins of t[D]he french
[G]fortress of a f[D]ailure[Bb]
[A]Ove[D]r the silent screams of
the dead an[F#m]d the dying
[D]Say[G]ing [D]please be reas [G]sured,
[D]we see[C#]k no wid[G]er war[D].
The treaties were signed,
[G]the[D] country was split in [G]to sec[D]tions
But grow[F#m]ing num[D] be[F#m]rs of pri[G]sons
were built [D]for pro[Bb]tec [A]tion
[Bb]Rapi[A]dly [D]filling with people
who called for [F#m]elec t[D]ions[G]
[D]But please be reassured,
[C]we seek no [G]wider [D]war.
Ngo Dinh diem was the puppet
who danced for the power
The [F#m]hero of hate who g[D]ambled
[G]on hell for his[D] hou[Bb]r[A]
[D]Father of his country was stamped on the
medals we [F#m]showered[G][D][G]
[D]But please be reassured,
[C]we seek no [G]wider [D]war.
Machine gun bullets became
the bloody baptizers
And the fal[F#m]con copters don't ca[G]re
if someone's [D]the wiser[Bb][A]
[D]But the boy in the swamp didn't
know he was killed by [F#m]ad visers
[G]So [D]ple[G]ase[D] be reas sured,[G][D]
we [C]seek no [G]wider [D]war.
And fires were spitting at forests in
[D]def[D]oliation
[G]While the people were [F#m]pressed into [D]camps
[G]not cal[D]led concentra[Bb]tion[D]
And the greater the victory the greater
the shame of [F#m]the nati[D]on
[G]But[D] please be reassur[D]ed,
[C]we seek no [G]wider [D]war.
While we were watching the prisoners
were tested by torture
And [F#m]vicious and [D]violent [G]gasses
main[D]tained the [Bb]or de[A]r
[D]As the finest Washington minds found
slogans [G]for [F#m]slaughter[G][D][G]
[D]But please be re[G]as [D]sured,
we [C]seek no [G]wider [D]war.
Then [Eb]over [D]the border cam[G]e the[D]
bay of pigs [G]planes of per[D]suasion
All remaining [F#m]honor [D]went up [G]in flames
of [D]inva[Bb]sion[A]
[D]But the shattered schools never learned that
it's [G]not [D]esc[G]ala[D]tio[D]n
But please be re[G]as [D]sured,
we [C#]seek no [D]wider war.
We're teaching freedom for
which they [G]are [D]yearning[D]
While were dragging them [D]down[F#m]
[D]to the path of never return[A]ing
But, [D]we'll condescend to talk while
the cities are burning
But please be reassured,
we seek no wider war.
And the evil is done in hopes that
evil surrenders
But the [D]deeds of the devil are burned
too deep in the ember[G]s
And a world of hun[D]ger in vengeance
will always remember
So please be reassured,
we [C]seek no [G]wider [D]war,
We [C#]seek [C]no [G]wider [D]war[D].