What Are You Fighting For

        C                          
Oh you tell me that there's danger 
       F                  Em
to the land you call your own

        F                       
And you watch them build the war 
         Em                Am
machine right beside your home

         C                         
And you tell me that you're ready 
     F               Em
to go marchin' to the war

  Dm                               
I know you're set for fighting, but
 G7                    C
 what are you fighting for?




      C                     F     
Before you pack your rifle and 
             Em
sail across the sea

     F                             
Just think upon the Southern part 
      Em                Am
of the land that you call free

       C                         
Oh, there's many kinds of slavery 
     F               Em
and we've found many more

  Dm                               
I know you're set for fightin', but
 G7                    C
 what are you fighting for?



    C                            F
And before you walk out on your 
                  Em
job in answer to the call

     F                            
Just think about the millions who 
Em           Am
have no job at all

       C                         
And the men who wait for handouts 
     F               Em
with their eyes upon the floor

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  Dm                               
Oh I know you're set for fighting, 
 G7                    C
but what are you fighting for?



  C             F              Em
Turn on your TV, turn it on so loud

     F                             
And watch the fool a smiling there 
  Em                  Am
and tell me that you're proud

    C                         F   
And listen to your radio, the 
              Em
noise it starts to pour

  Dm                               
Oh I know you're set for fighting, 
 G7                    C
but what are you fighting for?



    C                     F       
Read your morning papers, read 
          Em
every single line

     F                            
And tell me if you can believe 
Em               Am
that simple world you find

    C                            F
Read every slanted word till your 
               Em
eyes are getting sore,

  Dm                               
I know you're set for fighting, but
 G7                    C
 what are you fighting for?



    C                       F     
And listen to your leaders, the 
               Em
ones who won the race

     F                             
As they stand right there before 
Em               Am
you and lie into your face

     C                          
If you ever try to buy them, you 
    F               Em
know what they stand for

  Dm                               
I know you're set for fighting, but
 G7                    C
 what are you fighting for?



    C                        F    
Put ragged clothes upon your back 
                  Em
and sleep upon the ground,

     F                      Em    
And tell police about your rights 
               Am
as they drag you down,

   C                           
And ask them as they lead you to 
F               Em
some deserted door,

    Dm                             
Yes, I know you're set for 
      G7                    C
fightin', but what are you fightin' 
for?



    C                            F
But the hardest thing I'll ask 
                  Em
you, if you will only try

     F                            
Is take your children by their 
Em                  Am
hands and look into their eyes

    C                              
And there you'll see the answer you
F               Em
 should have seen before

  Dm                           
If you'll win the wars at home, 
 G7                      C
there'll be no fighting anymore