Bob Dylan – Masters Of War (v5)★

[Verse 1]

          Dm      Cadd9  Dm
Come, you masters of war
          Cadd9         Dm
You that build the big guns
         Cadd9         Dm
You that build the death planes
        Cadd9         Dm
You that build all the bombs
         Cadd9       Dm
You that hide behind walls
           Cadd9     Dm
You that hide behind desks
 Dm              Cadd9
I just want you to know
       G               Dm
I can see through your masks

[Verse 2]

         Cadd9      Dm
You that never done nothin'
    Cadd9    Dm
But build to destroy
    Cadd9       Dm
You play with my world
          Cadd9       Dm
Like it's your little toy
         Cadd9     Dm
You put a gun in my hand
       Cadd9     Dm
And you hide from my eyes
 Dm                 Cadd9
And you turn and run farther
      G               Dm
When the fast bullets fly

[Verse 3]

     Cadd9    Dm
Like Judas of old
    Cadd9    Dm
You lie and deceive
       Cadd9      Dm
A world war can be won
   Cadd9        Dm
You want me to believe
     Cadd9             Dm
But I see through your eyes
     Cadd9              Dm
And I see through your brain
       Dm              Cadd9
Like I see through the water
    G            Dm
That runs down my drain

[Verse 4]

     Cadd9         Dm
You fasten all the triggers
       Cadd9     Dm
For the others to fire
        Cadd9         Dm
Then you sit back and watch
           Cadd9           Dm
While the death count gets higher
   Cadd9          Dm
You hide in your mansion
          Cadd9         Dm
While the young peoples' blood
                   Cadd9
Flows out of their bodies
          G         Dm
And is buried in the mud

[Verse 5]

       Cadd9           Dm
You've thrown the worst fear
     Cadd9       Dm
That can ever be hurled
 Cadd9         Dm
Fear to bring children
 Cadd9   Dm
Into the world
    Cadd9         Dm
For threatenin' my baby
 Cadd9     Dm
Unborn and unnamed
 Dm                 Cadd9
You ain't worth the blood
    G             Dm
That runs in your veins

[Verse 6]

   Cadd9     Dm
How much do I know
   Cadd9      Dm
To talk out of turn?
         Cadd9       Dm
You might say that I'm young
         Cadd9    Dm
You might say I'm unlearned
          Cadd9       Dm
But there's one thing I know
           Cadd9      Dm
Though I'm younger than you
      Dm         Cadd9
That even Jesus would never
  G              Dm
Forgive what you do


[Verse 7]

             Cadd9  Dm
Let me ask you one question
        Cadd9     Dm
Is your money that good?
       Cadd9   Dm
Will it buy you forgiveness?
       Cadd9         Dm
Do you think that it could?
     Cadd9       Dm
I think you will find
          Cadd9         Dm
When your death takes its toll
         Dm      Cadd9
All the money you made
            G           Dm
Will never buy back your soul

[Verse 8]

     Cadd9         Dm
And I hope that you die
         Cadd9         Dm
And your death will come soon
     Cadd9       Dm
I'll follow your casket
    Cadd9  Dm
On a pale afternoon
     Cadd9              Dm
I'll watch while you're lowered
    Cadd9       Dm
Down to your deathbed
          Dm            Cadd9
And I'll stand over your grave
          G              Dm
'Til I'm sure that you're dead