Changing Hands chords by 
Phil Ochs 
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Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
Oh, a million marching armies and
G
a million marching men
D
Have won the dark -skinned countries
Em
A
and lost them back again
D
But now the word has gone to
G
every fallen land
D
That this old world is changing hands
G
From the master to the servant, from
D
the own er to the slaves
Colonial days are buried in a
A
deep and dirty grave
D
It's so easy to see and
G
well to understand
D
That this old world is changing hands
Hey,
Washington and
Jefferson and
G
Patrick
D
Henry too
They knew what they were doing
Em
when they started something new
A
D
It was in this giant land
G
D
of ours that it all began
A
D
When this old world was changing hand s
G
From the master to the servant,
D
from the owner to the slave
Colonial days are buried
Em
A
in a deep and dirty grave
D
It's so easy to see and
G
well to understand
D
A
D
That this old world is changing hands
Hey, when
World
War
II was rolling by,
G
D
the tide was on its way.
Many countries had to listen to
Em
A
the words they had to say.
D
An d the word was spread to millions,
G
D
A
all of yellow, black, and tan, that this old world
D
was changing hands.
G
D
From the master to the servant, from the owner to the slaves,
colonial days are buried in
Em
A
a deep and dirty grave.
D
It's so easy to see an
G
D
d well to under stand
A
D
That this old world is changing hands
Now
Africa and
Asia and the
G
Carib bean shores
D
No longer can be counted
Em
as the spoils of
A
the wars
D
They were bought and sold together,
G
now togeth er
D
they will stand,
A
D
cause this old world is changing hand s.
G
From the mas ter to the servant,
D
from the own er to the slave,
Colonial days are buried in a
Em
A
deep and dirty grave.
D
It's so easy to see and
G
well to understand
D
A
D
that this old world is changing hand s,
A
D
that this old world is changing hand s.
You
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G Em A
D
G
Em
A
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