a toast to those who are gone chords by Phil Ochs

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
G 
 (G major) 
Em 
hour I've  (E minor) lain
by my window
See am
G 
And  (G major) thought of the people
Em 
who  (E minor) carried the burden
See am
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Who marched  (G major) in the strange fields
Em 
in  (E minor) search of an answers
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And  (G major) ended their journeys
Em 
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an  (E minor) unwilling  (D major) hero

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Verse 2
D 
Em 
Am em  (D major) am  (E minor) g
Bm 
Here's a song to  (B minor) those who are gone
Em 
D 
 (E minor) with never a reason why  (D major) 
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Bm 
And a  (B minor) toast of the wine at
Em 
 (E minor) the end of the line
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A 
Em 
And a toll  (A major) of the bell for  (E minor) 
D 
the  (D major) next one to die

Verse 3
G 
Back  (G major) in the coal fields of
Em 
 (E minor) old harlan county
G 
Some  (G major) talked of the union,
Em 
some  (E minor) talked of good wages
G 
And they  (G major) lined them up in
Em 
the  (E minor) dark of the forests
G 
An (G major) d  shot them down without
Em 
D 
 (E minor) ask ing no ques (D major) tions

Verse 4
Em 
Bm 
 (E minor) Here's a song to  (B minor) those who are
Em 
D 
gone  (E minor) with never a reason why  (D major) 
Bm 
And a  (B minor) toast of the wine to
Em 
 (E minor) the end of the line
A 
Em 
And a  (A major) toll of the bell for  (E minor) 
D 
the  (D major) next one to die

Verse 5
G 
And  (G major) over the ocean,
Em 
to the  (E minor) red spanish soil
G 
Came the  (G major) lincoln brigade
Em 
with their  (E minor) dreams
G 
But they  (G major) fell in the fire of
Em 
 (E minor) germany's bombing
G 
Em 
And  (G major) they fell 'cause no one would hear  (E minor) 
D 
Em 
their sad  (D major) warning  (E minor) 

Verse 6
Bm 
Here's a song to  (B minor) those who are
Em 
D 
gone  (E minor) with never a reason why  (D major) 
Bm 
G 
And a  (B minor) toast of the wine  (G major) at
Em 
 (E minor) the end of the line
D 
And a toll of the bell for the  (D major) next one to die

Verse 7
G 
Em 
In  (G major) old alabama, in  (E minor) old mississippi
G 
Two  (G major) states of the union so
Em 
 (E minor) often found guilty
G 
They  (G major) came on the busses,
Em 
they  (E minor) came on the marches
G 
And they  (G major) lay in the jails or they
Em 
D 
 (E minor) fell by the  (D major) highway

Verse 8
Em 
Bm 
 (E minor) Here's a song to  (B minor) those who are
Em 
D 
gone  (E minor) with never a reason why  (D major) 
Bm 
Em 
And a  (B minor) toast of the wine  (E minor) at
the end of the line
A 
Em 
And a toll  (A major) of the bell for  (E minor) the
D 
 (D major) next one to die

Verse 9
G 
The state  (G major) it was texas,
Em 
the  (E minor) town it was dallas
G 
Em 
In the  (G major) flash of a rifle a  (E minor) life was soon over
G 
And  (G major) nobody thought of the
Em 
 (E minor) past million murders
G 
And the  (G major) long list of irony(? ) had
Em 
D 
 (E minor) found a new  (D major) champion

Verse 10
Em 
Bm 
 (E minor) Here's a song to  (B minor) those who are gone
Em 
D 
 (E minor) with never a reason why  (D major) 
D 
Bm 
 (D major) And a  (B minor) toast of the wine
Em 
 (E minor) at  the end of the line
A 
And a toll  (A major) of the bell for
D 
the next  (D major) one to die
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