bound for glory chords by 
Phil Ochs 
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
F#m
B
E
F#m
B
E
Verse 1
E
He walked all
B
over his own growin' land
Verse 2
B
From the New York island
E
to the California sand
Verse 3
A
He saw all the people that
E
B
E
needed to be seen
Verse 4
B
Planted all the grass where
A
E
it needed to be green
F#m
And now he's
Verse 5
B
bound for
E
a glory all his own
F#m
And now he is
Verse 6
B
E
bound for glory
Verse 7
E
He wrote and he sang an
B
d he rode upon the rails
And he got on board when
E
the sailors had to sail
A
E
He said all the words that needed to be said
B
A
He fed all the hungry souls that needed to
E
be fed
Interlude 1
F#m
B
E
F#m
B
E
Verse 8
E
(chorus) He sang
B
E
in our streets and
B
he sang in our halls
And he was always there when
E
the uni ons gave a call
A
E
He did all the jobs that needed to be done
B
A
E
F#m
He always stood his ground when a smal ler man would run
B
E
F#m
B
E
B
E
A
E
B
A
E
F#m
B
E
F#m
B
E
(chorus)
Verse 9
E
And its Pastures of Plenty wrote
B
the dustbowl balladeer
And This Land is Your Land,
E
he wanted us to hear
A
And the risin' of the unions
E
will be sung about again
B
A
And the Deportees live on through the power
E
F#m
B
E
F#m
of his pen
B
E
(chorus)
B
Now they sing out his praises
Verse 10
E
B
on every distant shore
But so few remember what
E
he was fightin' for
A
Oh why sing the songs and
E
forget about the aim?
B
He wrote them for a reason,
A
why not sing them for the same
E
(chorus)
Outro 1
Notes:
F#m
B
E
F#m
B
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF#m B E A
F#m
B
E
A
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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