Eve Of Destruction

by Barry McGuire

Date Added
8/9/2025
**Chords:**
        Am     G        F          C
        Am     G        F          C
        Am     G        F          C
        Am     G        F          C

        Am                   G
        Eve of destruction,  
          F                   C
        Eve of destruction,  
          Am                   G
        Eve of destruction,  
          F                   C
        Eve of destruction.  

        Am                   G
        Think of all the hate there is in Red China,  
          F                   C
        Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama.  
        Am                   G
        Ah, you may leave here for four days in space,  
          F                   C
        But when you return, it's the same old place.  
        Am                   G
        The pounding of the drums, the pride and disgrace,  
          F                   C
        You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace.  
        Am                   G
        Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace,  
          F                   C
        And you can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace.  

        Am                   G
        Eve of destruction,  
          F                   C
        Eve of destruction,  
          Am                   G
        Eve of destruction,  
          F                   C
        Eve of destruction.  

        Am                   G
        Don't you understand what I'm trying to say?  
          F                   C
        Can't you feel the fears I'm feeling today?  
        Am                   G
        If the button is pushed, there's no running away,  
          F                   C
        There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave.  
        Am                   G
        Take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you,  
          F                   C
        And you tell me, over and over and over again, my friend,  
        Am                   G
        Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.  

        Am                   G
        Eve of destruction,  
          F                   C
        Eve of destruction,  
          Am                   G
        Eve of destruction,  
          F                   C
        Eve of destruction.