Another Country chords by Phil Ochs

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Verse 1
C 
G 
C 
 (C major) Oh, a  (G major) rifle took its aim  (C major) and a
man fell to the ground.
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He  (G major) tried to stand again but every
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 (C major) body held him down:
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 (E major) A  time of terror when the
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 (C major) bullet  (B flat minor) pierced the air --
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G 
I know  (C major) that couldn't  (G major) happen here.
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F 
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Oh,  (C major) it must  (F major) have been another  (G major) country --
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Yes,  (F major) it must have been
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another  (C major) land.
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C 
 (F major) That couldn't happen in  (C major) the U.S.A.
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C 
 (G major) We'd never treat a man  (C major) that way.
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And  (G major) a migrant

Verse 2
C 
worker sweats  (C major) under
neath the blazin' sun.
G 
C 
He's  (G major) fallen on his knees  (C major) but his
work is never done.
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He begs  (E major) someone to listen
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but nobody  (C major) seems to care,
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G 
 (B flat minor) And I  (E flat minor) know that  (G major) couldn't happen here.
F 
G 
Oh, it  (F major) must have been another  (G major) country --
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C 
Yes, it  (F major) must have been an (C major) other land.
F 
C 
 (F major) That couldn't happen in  (C major) the U.S.A.
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C 
 (G major) We'd never treat a man  (C major) that way.

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Verse 3
G 
And a man is  (G major) working steady,
C 
it's good  (C major) money he receives
G 
 (G major) But he's thrown out of work
C 
for the  (C major) wrong things he believes.
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 (E major) He didn't have the thoughts
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most  (A minor) everybody  (B flat minor) shares.
C 
G 
I know that  (C major) couldn't  (G major) happen here,
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so it  (F major) must have been another  (G major) country --
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C 
Yes, it  (F major) must have been another  (C major) land.
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C 
 (F major) That couldn't happen  (C major) in the U.S.A.
G 
C 
 (G major) We'd never treat a man that  (C major) way.
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And a  (G major) man is sent to

Verse 4
prison
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to  (C major) wait until he dies.
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He  (G major) fights to save his life,
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for  (C major) years and years he tries.
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 (E major) Even though he changed himself
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he  (F major) dies  (A minor) upon the chair.  (B flat minor) 
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C 
G 
 (E flat minor) I      (C major) know that  (G major) couldn't happen here.
F 
G 
Oh, it  (F major) must have been another  (G major) country --
F 
C 
Yes, it  (F major) must have been an (C major) other land.
F 
C 
 (F major) That couldn't happen in the  (C major) U.S.A.
G 
C 
 (G major) We'd never treat a man that  (C major) way.
G 
Oh, I  (G major) know we'd never
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C 
treat a man that  (C major) way.  (C major) 