Spoils Of War

Dm C Dm It’s all agreed, let’s have a war G Dm It’s been so dull, let’s make some speeches Dm C Dm Let’s get the voters off our backs G Dm They’d rather watch us storm some beaches C Dm And so we lose some of the boys C A At least we let ‘em die like men Dm C Dm Take out a villain, make some noise G Dm And they’ll elect us all again Dm C Dm We’ve got a leader with a plan G Dm The suffering one, he swears he’ll aid him Dm C Dm If he can’t feed his fellow man G Dm He’ll blow him to the God that made him C Dm Get all the homeboys seein’ red C A A chance to even up the score Dm C Dm Come home a hero, come home dead G Dm They’ll be no poorer than before Dm C Dm There’s lots of boys will go to fight G Dm For what we say has been denied them Dm C Dm Just keep it simple, keep it light G Dm There’s plenty more to die beside them C Dm How fie and fair they’ll run to die C A To earn their share of the spoils of war Dm C Dm While rich and poor,the mothers cry G Dm Forever poorer than before Dm C Dm And who is beaten and undone G Dm And who earns fame and who earns glory Dm C Dm The last one left to hold a gun G Dm There’s no one there to check his story C Dm The winner’s free to shout and brag C A And gather up the spoils of war Dm C Dm And drape his brother with a flag G Dm And come home poorer than before Dm C Dm So on we run and on we roll G Dm We’ll make the foe drop down and kneel Dm C Dm We’ll learn no lessons from the past G Dm We’ll go and reinvent the wheel C Dm And so we lose some of the boys C A At least we let ‘em die like men Dm C Dm Take out a villain, make some noise G Dm And they’ll elect us all again