GOING BY THE BOOK

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You can see it in the movies and the paper and the TV news 
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Somebody's army is always on the move 
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There's gonna be a battle the lines have been drawn 
             D                    A
They've got guns and tanks and planes 
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The wells are gone dry and the water is bad and the air is acid rain 
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There's war after war and rumors of war from the East 
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There's a rumblin' in the ground and they're talkin' about the beast 
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Good mothers cry cause the rivers run high 
           D                A
With the blood of too many sons 
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Some people say peace is on the way  But the worst is still to come 

CHORUS:
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Cause the prophets wrote about it And Jesus spoke about it 
     D                   A
And John got to take a look 
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And he told us what he saw when it's easy to see 
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It's goin' by the book It's goin' by the book 

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There's armies in the cities and the missiles stand ready for flight 
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A pale horse rides like the wind across the night 
 A                                      C
And that rumblin' in the desert like thunder gettin' closer 
         D                          A
And the trumpet's gettin' ready to blow 
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There's gonna be a shout that will wake the dead we better be ready to go 

CHORUS:
A                                       C
Cause the prophets wrote about it And Jesus spoke about it 
     D                   A
And John got to take a look 
 A                                    C
And he told us what he saw when it's easy to see 
 D                 A         D            A
It's goin' by the book It's goin' by the book