Another Country chords by 
Phil Ochs 
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Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
G
C
Oh, a rifle took its aim and a
man fell to the ground.
G
He tried to stand again but every
C
body held him down:
E
A time of terror when the
C
Bbm
bullet pierced the air --
C
G
I know that couldn't happen here.
C
F
G
Oh, it must have been another country --
F
Yes, it must have been
C
another land.
F
C
That couldn't happen in the U.S.A.
G
C
We'd never treat a man that way.
G
And a migrant
Verse 2
C
worker sweats under
neath the blazin' sun.
G
C
He's fallen on his knees but his
work is never done.
E
He begs someone to listen
C
but nobody seems to care,
Bbm
Ebm
G
And I know that couldn't happen here.
F
G
Oh, it must have been another country --
F
C
Yes, it must have been an other land.
F
C
That couldn't happen in the U.S.A.
G
C
We'd never treat a man that way.
Verse 3
G
And a man is working steady,
C
it's good money he receives
G
But he's thrown out of work
C
for the wrong things he believes.
E
He didn't have the thoughts
Am
Bbm
most everybody shares.
C
G
I know that couldn't hap pen here,
F
G
so it must have been another country --
F
C
Yes, it must have been another land.
F
C
That couldn't happen in the U.S.A.
G
C
We'd never treat a man that way.
G
And a man is sent to
Verse 4
prison
C
to wait until he dies.
G
He fights to save his life,
C
for years and years he tries.
E
Even though he changed himself
F
Am
Bbm
he dies upon the chair.
Ebm
C
G
I know that couldn't happen here.
F
G
Oh, it must have been another country --
F
C
Yes, it must have been an other land.
F
C
That couldn't happen in the U.S.A.
G
C
We'd never treat a man that way.
G
Oh, I know we'd never
C
C
treat a man that way.
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ChordsC G E Bbm F...
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Ebm
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