CHANTS

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Click to play Bob Dylan’s Masters of War; Click to play Times They Are A-Changin'

1. Give Peace a Chance

Chorus:
All we are saying,
is give peace a chance

"Give Peace a Chance" made it to #14 on the Hot 100 in 1969, at the height of the Vietnam War

- Local radio stations are coming under pressure not to play peace songs, such as John Lennon’s Give Peace a Chance and Bob Dylan’s Masters of War

2. Power of the People

There ain't no power like the power of the People
Because the power of the people don't stop
REPEAT

3. We Say No to War

We're putting our bodies on the line,
You Congresspeople better get some spine,
We say Stand Back,
Don't attack,
Innocent children in Iraq!
We say Stand Back,
Don't attack,
Innocent children in Iraq!
We say No!
To war!
We say No!
To War!
We say No!
To War!
Peace is what we're calling for!

[And a little call and response at the end:]
We don't want to bomb Iraq,
We want to take our country back!
We don't want your oil war,
Peace is what we're calling for!
Osama Bin Laden we hear you say,
"Bomb Iraq and make my day!"

4. We Don't Want Your Oil War

We don't want to bomb Iraq
We want to take our country back!
We don't want your oil war,
Peace is what we're calling for!
Osama Bin Laden we hear you say,
'Bomb Iraq and make my day!'

- Starhawk, from her Code Pink Diary

5. - 1234 What are we fighting for?

We don’t what your stinking war!
5 6 7 8 Make Love Not Hate
And 1 2 3 4 What are/we fighting for?
Don’t ask me, I don’t give-a damn
Next Stop Vietnam
And 5 6 7 8 We don't want to bomb Iraq,
We want to take our country back!
And 1 2 3 4 We don't want your oil war!

6. 1234 Stop Bush's War

1234 Stop America’s War
Stop Bush' War
We want peace, not war
Stop the Oil War

7. We Want Peace in the Middle East

WE WANT PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
WE WANT PEACE,    WE WANT PEACE,
WE WANT PEACE IN THE MIDDLE-EAST.
WHAT DO WE WANT?    PEACE    [or NEGOTIATION]
WHEN DO WE WANT IT?    NOW

PEACE NOW

8. Stop the Sanctions Now

Stop the sanctions now!
Stop the genocide now!
Stop the bombing now!
[other lines to try]
Sanctions are Mass Murder
Sanctions Suck the Life out of Children
photo

9. Give Me Peace

Give me a P

Give me an E

Give me an A

Give me a   C

Give me an E

What does that spell? ___________

10. Don't Start a War

DON'T START A WAR-    NEGOTIATE NOW

DON'T START A WAR-    PROMOTE PEACE INSTEAD

WE SAY    NO MORE.    BUSH DON'T START A WAR

WE SAY    NO WAR.    NOW IS THE TIME TO STOP THE WAR

NEGOTIATE    DON'T ESCALATE

TALK IT OUT    DON'T SHOOT IT OUT

NEGOTIATIONS NOW

NEGOTIATE PEACE, NOW

11. We will not Cooperate

1,2,3,4    WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER WAR
5,6,7,8    WE WILL NOT CO-OPERATE

1,2,3,4     WE DON'T WANT YOUR OIL WAR

5,6,7,8      WE WILL NOT CO-OPERATE

12. Drop Bush Not Bombs

DROP BUSH NOT BOMBS

STOP THE VIOLENCE,    START THE PEACE

STOP THE BOMBING,    STOP THE WAR

DROP BUSH NOT BOMBS

13. How Many Bombs?

BUSH, RICE, CHENEY TOO-    WE'RE NOT GONNA KILL FOR YOU.

HOW MANY BOMBS?    HOW MANY DEAD?    STOP THE WAR NOW

MONEY FOR PEOPLE, NOT FOR WAR.
INSPECTIONS AREN'T WORTH KILLING FOR.

14. Bush and Hussein

BUSH AND HUSSEIN,    WHAT DO YOU SAY?
HOW MANY FOLKS WILL YOU KILL TODAY?

BUSH AND HUSSEIN,    SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE
WE DON'T WANT YOUR GENOCIDE

15. If You're Happy And You Know It, Bomb Iraq by John Robbins

If you cannot find Osama, bomb Iraq.
If the markets are a drama, bomb Iraq.
If the terrorists are Saudi,
And your alibi is shoddy,
And your tastes remain quite gaudy,
Bomb Iraq.

If you never were elected, bomb Iraq.
If your mood is quite dejected, bomb Iraq.
If you think that SUVs,
Are the best thing since sliced cheese,
And your father you must please,
Bomb Iraq.

If the globe is quickly warming, bomb Iraq.
If the poor will soon be storming, bomb Iraq.
We assert that might makes right,
Burning oil is a delight,
For the empire we will fight,
Bomb Iraq.

If we have no allies with us, bomb Iraq.
If we think that someone's dissed us, bomb Iraq.
So to hell with the inspections,
Let's look tough for the elections,
Close your mind and take directions,
Bomb Iraq.

If corporate fraud is growin', bomb Iraq.
If your ties to it are showin', bomb Iraq.
If your politics are sleazy,
And hiding that ain't easy,
And your manhood's getting queasy,
Bomb Iraq.

Fall in line and follow orders, bomb Iraq.
For our might now knows no borders, bomb Iraq.
Disagree? We'll call it treason,
It's the make war not love season,
Even if we have no reason,
Bomb Iraq.

MORE PEACE SONGS

From a Distance - Nancy Griffith

Don't Think Twice, Let's Just Fight by Madeleine Begun Kane

I Don't Want To Be A Good Citizen by Keith Shugarts

Bush and Tony by Madeleine Begun Kane

What Mother's Son
By Lisa Dudley

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