I Ain't Marching Anymore
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Oh, I marched to the battle of New Orleans,
at the end of the early British wars
The young land started growing,
the young blood started flowing,
but I ain't marchin' anymore
For I've killed my share of Indians,
in a thousand different fights,
I was there at the Little Big Horn
I heard many men lying, I saw many more dying,
but I ain't marchin' anymore
It's always the old to lead us to the wars,
it's always the young to fall
Now look at all we've won, with the saber and the gun,
tell me is it worth it all?
For I stole California from the Mexican land,
fought in the bloody Civil War
Yes, I even killed my brothers,
and so many others,
but I ain't marchin' anymore
For I marched to the battles of the German trench,
in a war that was bound to end all wars
Oh, I must have killed a million men,
and now they want me back again,
but I ain't marchin' anymore
It's always the old to lead us to the wars,
it's always the young to fall
Now look at all we've won, with the saber and the gun,
tell me is it worth it all?
For I flew the final mission in the Japanese sky
Set off the mighty mushroom roar
When I saw the cities burning, I knew that I was learning
that I ain't marchin' anymore
Now the labor leader's screamin',
when they close the missile plants
United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore,
Call it peace or call it treason,
call it love or call it reason,
but I ain't marchin' anymore
No, I ain't marchin' anymore
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Readable chord sheet for I Ain't Marching Anymore by Phil Ochs
[D] [C] [D] [D] [Am] [D] [D] [C] [Am] [Em] [Am] [C] [D] Oh, I [G]marched to the [C]battle of [D]New Orleans, at the [G]end of the [C]early British [D]wars The [G]young land started [C]growing, the [Am]young blood started [Em]flowing, but [Am]I ain't [C]marchin' any[D]more For I've [G]killed my share of [C]Indians, in a [D]thousand different fights, I was [G]there at the [C]Little Big [D]Horn I heard [G]many men [C]lying, I saw [Am]many more [Em]dying, but [Am]I ain't [C]marchin' any[D]more It's [Am]always the [C]old to [G]lead us to the [Em]wars, it's [Am]always the [Em]young to [Am]fall Now [Am]look at all we've won, with the [Em]saber and the gun, [C]tell me is it [Am]worth it [D]all? For I stole Cali[G]fornia from the [C]Mexican [D]land, [G]fought in the [C]bloody Civil [D]War Yes, I [G]even killed my [C]brothers, and [Am]so many [Em]others, but [Am]I ain't [C]marchin' any[D]more For I [G]marched to the [C]battles of the [D]German trench, in a [G]war that was [C]bound to end all [D]wars Oh, I [G]must have killed a [C]million men, and [Am]now they want me [Em]back again, but [Am]I ain't [C]marchin' any[D]more It's [Am]always the [C]old to [G]lead us to the [Em]wars, it's [Am]always the [Em]young to [Am]fall Now [Am]look at all we've won, with the [Em]saber and the gun, [C]tell me is it [Am]worth it [D]all? For I [G]flew the final [C]mission in the [D]Japanese sky Set [G]off the mighty [C]mushroom [D]roar When I [G]saw the cities [C]burning, I [Am]knew that I was [Em]learning that [Am]I ain't [C]marchin' any[D]more Now the [G]labor leader's [C]screamin', when they [D]close the missile plants [G]United Fruit screams [C]at the Cuban [D]shore, Call it [G]peace or call it [C]treason, call it [Am]love or call it [Em]reason, but [Am]I ain't [C]marchin' any[D]more No, [Am]I ain't [C]marchin' any[D]more