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   1.
       F
Do you know why we have a recession?
      F               C
   We got out of Viet Namn!
       Bb
Do you know why we have the inflation?
          Bb             F
   'Cause nobody gives a damn!
       F
Do you know why our cities are dying?
            Bb
   No one's int'rested anymore!
       Dm                        F
Do you know what is good for the nation?
      Bb      Am      D
   We have to fight a war!
   2.
       Db-
Do you know how to get the money?
       D+
   Our Congress must decide!
       Eb+
Do you know how to raise the army?
            E+
   Grab the men before they hide!
       F+
Do you know what we have as weapons?
            Eb
   Our good humor and our skills!
       C#3
Do you know how to rouse the people?
       C
   Let righteousness light their wills!
   3. [first ending]
       Dm
Do you have a choice of enemy?
       F             C
   Starvation and disease!
       Em
Do you recognize the hostiles?
           B
   They're doing as they please!
       F
Do you care about the Future
       Am
   and what we can become?
    F            C
The total of our efforts
      F       Em   Dm  C
   is greater than the sum
[Repeat from first verse]
3. [second ending]
       Dm
Do you have a choice of enemy?
       F             C
   Starvation and disease!
       Em
Do you recognize the hostiles?
           B
   They're doing as they please!
       F
Do you care about the Future
      Am
   We have to win the fight!
    F                C
So, write in to your Congressman
       F    Em   Dm   C
   and go enlist to - night!
Call to Arms -- Originally composed 'way back in 1975 August, revised 1991 Nov 20 and again for first world publication, to mindfulwebworks.com, ©2007 May 17. Signs of the times leak through in this brassy old ditty, like the reference to the draft.
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