By the A time you E get this D note
We’ll no Bm longer E be a-A live
We’ll have A all gone E up in D smoke
There’ll be Bm no way E to re-A ply

You’ll be F wonde-G ring a-D bout
the E world that A vanished C long D ago
And the F#m words that E reach you D now
That were D buried E under-A ground

A Gree-E tings to D everyone in
Bm nineteen E thirty-A seven
It A seems that E you were D never
a-Bm ware that E we were A here

You’re F proba-G bly too D busy
E re-A joicing C in the D present
To F#m stop and E be re-D minded
of the D dark and E troubled A past

By the A time you E get this D note
We’ll no Bm longer E be a-A live
But our A skulls are E smiling D still
At the Bm thought of E things to A come

We can F confi-G dently D know
that E you’ll en-A joy a C better D world
When the F#m evils E that we D faced
Will at D last be E laid to A rest

When the F#m poisons of the Bm Earth
Are com-C#7 pletely neutra-F#m lized
When the F#m hatred and the Bm lies
Are for-C#7 ever put F#m aside

When the D voices E of dis-B sent
and C# contra-F#m diction A all a-B bate
And the D peaceful F#m air is Bm filled
With a Bm silent C# harmo-F#m ny

A We E can’t be D certain at
the Bm moment E of this A writing
But A surely E in the D future
there’ll Bm be no E barking A dogs

The F sound of G crying D babies
E will be A thankful-C ly for-D gotten
F#m No more E will the D chattering
D classes E make a A noise

By the A time you E get this D note
A mil-Bm leni-E um from A now
We’ll have A all gone E up in D smoke
There’ll be Bm no way E to re-A ply

And we A confi-E dently D know
You’ll en-Bm joy a E better A time
When the A evils E that we D faced
Will at Bm last be E laid to A rest