bound for glory chords by Phil Ochs

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Intro 1

Verse 1

He walked all

over his own growin' land

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Verse 2

From the New York island

to the California sand

Verse 3

He saw all the people that

needed to be seen

Verse 4

Planted all the grass where

it needed to be green

And now he's

Verse 5

bound for

a glory all his own

And now he is

Verse 6

bound for glory

Verse 7
D 
 (D major) 
He wrote and he sang an
A 
 (A major) d he rode upon the rails
And he got on board when
D 
the sailors  (D major) had to sail
G 
D 
He said  (G major) all the words that  (D major) needed to be said
A 
G 
 (A major) He fed all the hungry souls that  (G major) needed to
D 
be fed (D major) 

Interlude 1

Verse 8
D 
(chorus) He sang  (D major) 
A 
D 
 (A major) in our streets  (D major) and
A 
he sang  (A major) in our halls
And he was always there when
D 
the uni (D major) ons gave a call
G 
D 
He  (G major) did all the jobs that  (D major) needed to be done
A 
G 
D 
Em 
He  (A major) always stood his ground when a smal (G major) ler man would  (D major) run  (E minor) 
A 
D 
Em 
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major) 
G 
D 
A 
G 
D 
 (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (D major) 
Em 
A 
D 
Em 
A 
D 
 (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
(chorus)

Verse 9
D 
And its  (D major) Pastures of Plenty wrote
A 
the  (A major) dustbowl balladeer
And This Land is Your Land,
D 
he  (D major) wanted us to hear
G 
And the risin'  (G major) of the unions
D 
will be  (D major) sung about again
A 
G 
And  (A major) the Deportees live on through the power  (G major) 
D 
Em 
A 
D 
Em 
of his  (D major) pen  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major) 
(chorus)
A 
Now they sing out  (A major) his praises

Verse 10
D 
 (D major) 
A 
 (A major) on every distant shore
But so few remember what
D 
 (D major) he was fightin' for
G 
 (G major) Oh why sing the songs and
D 
forget about  (D major) the aim?
A 
He  (A major) wrote them for a reason,
G 
why not  (G major) sing them for the same
D 
 (D major) (chorus)