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[Verse 1]
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I am the son of a grassland farmer
D                    D          G
Western Oklahoma nineteen forty three
  G                       G                       D      D    A
I always felt grateful to live in the land of the free
  D                    D
I gave up my father to South Korea
    D                  D      G
The mind of my brother to Vietnam
G                        G                      D      A7
Now there's a banker who says I must give up my land
          D                   D
There are four generations of blood in this topsoil
D                   D            G
Four generations of love on this farm
  G                      G                       D      D
Before I give up I would gladly give up my right arm


[Chorus]
A                  A       D
What are we making weapons for
Bm          G           A     D
Why keep on feeding the war machine
   A                        A             D
We take it right out of the mouths of our babies
A                     A            D
Take it away from the hands of the poor
         G           D      A       D
Tell me, what are we making weapons for


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
D                  D
I had a son and my son was a soldier
       D                         D            G
He was so like my father, he was so much like me
   G                         G                             D      D    A
To be a good comrade was the best that he dreamed he could be
   D                     D
He gave up his future to revolution
    D                     D             G
His life to a battle that just can't be won
    G                      G                      D      A7
For this is not living, to live at the point of a gun
    D                       D
I remember the nine hundred days of Leningrad
    D                       D          G
The sound of the dying, the cut of the cold
    G                    G                         D      D
I remember the moments I prayed I would never grow old


[Chorus]
A                  A       D
What are we making weapons for
Bm          G           A     D
Why keep on feeding the war machine
   A                        A             D
We take it right out of the mouths of our babies
A                     A            D
Take it away from the hands of the poor
         G           D      A       D
Tell me, what are we making weapons for


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
        D                       D
For the first time in my life I feel like a prisoner
   D                       D           G
A slave to the ways of the powers that be
      G                          G                     D      A7
And I fear for my children, as I fear for the future I see
        D                         D
Tell me how can it be we're still fighting each other
D                       D         G
What does it take for a people to learn
       G                     G                      D      D
If our song is not sung as a chorus, we surely will burn


[Chorus]
A                  A       D
What are we making weapons for
Bm          G           A     D
Why keep on feeding the war machine
   A                        A             D
We take it right out of the mouths of our babies
A                     A            D
Take it away from the hands of the poor
         G           D      A       D      D
Tell me, what are we making weapons for


[Outro]
D    A  D  G6  D      D
Have we forgotten
        D     A    D    G6  D      D
All the lives that were given
        D    A    D    G6  D      D
All the vows that were taken
       D      A    Asus4    A
Saying never again
G           Em    D      D
Now for the first time
     D     A  D   G6   D      D
This could be the last time
   D     A  D   G6  D      A
If peace is our vision
A7       D
Let us begin
D    A  D  G6  D      D
Have we forgotten
        D     A    D    G6  D      D
All the lives that were given
        D    A    D    G6  D      D
All the vows that were taken
       D      A     Asus4  A
Saying never again, never again
G           Em    D      D
Now for the first time
     D     A  D   G6   D      D
This could be the last time
   D     A  D   G6  D      A
If peace is our vision
A7       D    A7       D      A7      D
Let us begin, let us begin