Colored Town
Colored Town

Colored Town easy guitar chords by Phil Ochs

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    • Verse 1
    Just 
    across 

    the 
    railroad 
    tracks 

    On 
    the far 
    side 
    of the 
    town 

    All 
    the people 
    there 
    are 
    black 

    And 
    they live 
    in 
    colored 
    town 

    Colored 
    town 

    Verse 2
    Speeding 
    cars 
    down 
    the 
    highway 
    run 

    They never 
    stop 
    to 
    look 
    around 

    One 
    place 
    that the 
    highway 
    shuns 

    And 
    that 
    place 
    is 
    colored 
    town 

    Colored 
    town 

    Verse 3
    On 
    the 
    sidewalk 
    children 
    play 

    In 
    the gutter
    s watch 
    them 
    clown 

    White 
    world 
    is so 
    far 
    away 

    So 
    far 
    away 
    from 
    colored 
    town 

    Colored 
    town 

    Verse 4
    The 
    owners 
    of 
    the 
    local 
    stores 

    Owners 
    of 
    the local 
    ground 

    They're 
    walking 
    on a 
    finer 
    floor 

    Skin's 
    too 
    white 
    for 
    colored 
    town 

    Colored 
    town 

    Verse 5
    In 
    the 
    early 
    of 
    the 
    day 

    For 
    the white 
    homes 
    they are 
    bound 

    As 
    a janitor, 
    as 
    a 
    maid 

    They 
    leave 
    their 
    place 

    in 
    colored 
    town 

    Colored 
    town 

    Verse 6
    Come 
    the evening, 
    come 
    the 
    wine 

    Come 
    the dancing 
    music 
    sound 

    Liquor 
    knows 
    no 
    color 
    line 

    Not 
    even 
    down 
    in 
    colored 
    town 

    Colored 
    town 

    Verse 7
    A 
    prison 
    with 
    no 
    pris
    on 
    guards 

    Where no 
    padlock
    s can 
    be 
    found 

    A 
    jail 
    without 
    cells 
    and bars 

    But 
    you'll 
    never 
    escape 

    from 
    colored 
    town 

    Colored 
    town 

    Verse 8
    Come 
    let's 
    open 
    all 
    the doors 

    From Birmingham 
    to 

    Harlem's ground 

    from 
    Jackson 
    to 
    Chica
    go's 
    shores 

    Let's 
    take 
    a 
    look 
    at 
    colored 
    town 

    Colored 
    town 

    Come 
    take 
    a 
    look 
    at 
    colored 
    town 

    Colored 
    town 

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