Colored Town chords by Phil Ochs
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Verse 1
(A minor) (D minor) (E major) (A minor) Just across
the (D minor) railroad tracks
(A minor) On the far side (E major) of the town
(A minor) All the people (D minor) there are black
(A minor) And they live in (G major) colored town
Colored (A minor) town
Verse 2
Speeding cars down (D minor) the highway run
(A minor) They never stop to (E major) look around
(A minor) One place that the (D minor) highway shuns
(A minor) And that place (G major) is colored town
Colored (A minor) town
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Verse 3
On the sidewalk (D minor) children play (A minor)
In the gutter (E major) s watch them clown
(A minor) White world is so (D minor) far away
So (A minor) far away from (G major) colored town
Colored (A minor) town
Verse 4
The owners (A minor) of the (D minor) local stores (A minor)
Owners of (E major) the local ground
(A minor) They're walking on a (D minor) finer floor
(A minor) Skin's too white (G major) for colored town
(A minor) Colored town
Verse 5
In the (A minor) early (D minor) of the day
(A minor) For the white homes (E major) they are bound
(A minor) As a janitor, (D minor) as a maid
They leave (A minor) their place
(G major) in colored town
Colored (A minor) town
Verse 6
(A minor) Come the evening, (D minor) come the wine
(A minor) Come the dancing (E major) music sound
(A minor) Liquor knows no (D minor) color line
Not (A minor) even down in (G major) colored town
Colored (A minor) town
Verse 7
A prison with no pris (D minor) on guards
(A minor) Where no padlock (E major) s can be found
A (A minor) jail without (D minor) cells and bars
But (A minor) you'll never escape
from (G major) colored town
Colored (A minor) town
Verse 8
Come let's (A minor) open all (D minor) the doors
(A minor) From Birmingham (E major) to
Harlem's ground
(A minor) from Jackson to Chica (D minor) go's shores
Let's (A minor) take a look at (G major) colored town
Colored (A minor) town
Come take a look at (G major) colored town
Colored (A minor) town
Colored Town
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