{"id":31004,"date":"2026-05-16T21:47:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/?p=31004"},"modified":"2026-05-17T15:18:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:18:51","slug":"eve-of-destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/eve-of-destruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Eve of Destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barry McGuire<\/p>\n

Chords provided by Moselele<\/a><\/p>\n

[C] The Eastern world it [F] is exp[G7]lodin’<\/p>\n

[C] Violence flarin’ and [F] bullets [G7] loadin’<\/p>\n

You’re [C] old enough to kill [F] but not for [G7] votin’<\/p>\n

You [C] don’t believe in war but [F] what’s that gun you’re [G7] totin’<\/p>\n

And [C] even the Jordan River has [F] bodies [G7] floatin’<\/p>\n

Chorus:<\/p>\n

But you [C] tell me [F] over and [G7] over and [C] over again my [Am] friend<\/p>\n

You [F] don’t believe we’re [G7] on the Eve of De[C]struction<\/p>\n

[C] Don’t you understand what I’m [F] tryin’ to [G7] say<\/p>\n

[C] Can’t you feel the fear that I’m [F] feelin’ to[G7]day<\/p>\n

If the [C] button is pushed there’s no [F] running a[G7]way<\/p>\n

There’ll be [C] no one to save with the [F] world in a [G7] grave<\/p>\n

Take a [C] look around you boy it’s [F] bound to scare you [G7] boy<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

But you [C] tell me [F] over and [G7] over and [C] over again my [Am] friend<\/p>\n

You [F] don’t believe we’re [G7] on the Eve of De[C]struction<\/p>\n

[C] My blood’s so mad feels like [F] coagu[G7]latin’<\/p>\n

[C] I’m sittin’ here just [F] contem[G7]platin’<\/p>\n

You [C] can’t twist the truth it knows [F] no regu[G7]lation<\/p>\n

And a [C] handful of Senators don’t [F] pass legis[G7]lation<\/p>\n

[C] Marches alone can’t [F] bring inte[G7]gration<\/p>\n

When [C] human respect is [F] disinte[G7]gratin’<\/p>\n

This [C] whole crazy world is [F] just too frust[G7]ratin’<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.moselele.co.ukChorus<\/span><\/p>\n

But you [C] tell me [F] over and [G7] over and [C] over again my [Am] friend<\/p>\n

You [F] don’t believe we’re [G7] on the Eve of De[C]struction<\/p>\n

[C] Think of all the hate there [F] is in Red [G7] China<\/p>\n

Then [C] take a look around to [F] Selma Ala[G7]bama<\/p>\n

You may [C] leave here for [F] four days in [G7]space<\/p>\n

But [C] when you return it’s the [F] same old [G7] place<\/p>\n

The [C] pounding drums the [F] pride and dis[G7]grace<\/p>\n

You can [C] bury your dead but [F] don’t leave a [G7] trace<\/p>\n

[C] Hate your next door neighbour but don’t [F] forget to say [G7]grace<\/p>\n

But you [C] tell me [F] over and [G7] over and [C] over again my [Am] friend<\/p>\n

You [F] don’t believe we’re [G7] on the Eve of De[C]struction<\/p>\n

But you [C] tell me [F] over and [G7] over and [C] over again my [Am] friend<\/p>\n

You [F] don’t believe we’re [G7] on the Eve of De[C]struction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barry McGuire Chords provided by Moselele [C] The Eastern world it [F] is exp[G7]lodin’ [C] Violence flarin’ and [F] bullets [G7] loadin’ You’re [C] old enough to kill [F] but not for [G7] votin’ You [C] don’t believe in war but [F] what’s that gun you’re [G7] totin’ And [C] … CLICK TO VIEW SONGEve of Destruction<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[272,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moselele-credits","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31005,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31004\/revisions\/31005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}