Colored Town chords by
Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs

N/A2 views
Key: Bb minor
Verse 1
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
E
E

View detailed E chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Just across
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
the railroad tracks
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
E
E

View detailed E chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
On the far side of the town
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
All the people there are black
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
And they live in colored town
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Colored town
Verse 2
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Speeding cars down the highway run
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
E
E

View detailed E chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
They never stop to look around
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
One place that the highway shuns
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
And that place is colored town
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Colored town
Verse 3
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
On the sidewalk children play
E
E

View detailed E chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
In the gutters watch them clown
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
White world is so far away
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
So far away from colored town
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Colored town
Verse 4
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
The owners of the local stores
E
E

View detailed E chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Owners of the local ground
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
They're walking on a finer floor
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Skin's too white for colored town
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Colored town
Verse 5
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
In the early of the day
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
E
E

View detailed E chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
For the white homes they are bound
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
As a janitor, as a maid
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
They leave their place
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
in colored town
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Colored town
Verse 6
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Come the evening, come the wine
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
E
E

View detailed E chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Come the dancing music sound
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Liquor knows no color line
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Not even down in colored town
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Colored town
Verse 7
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
A prison with no prison guards
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
E
E

View detailed E chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Where no padlocks can be found
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
A jail without cells and bars
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
But you'll never escape
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
from colored town
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Colored town
Verse 8
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Come let's open all the doors
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
E
E

View detailed E chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
From Birmingham to
Harlem's ground
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
from Jackson to Chicago's shores
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Let's take a look at colored town
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Colored town
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Come take a look at colored town
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Colored town

How did you like the song?

You need to to leave a rating.
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsAm Dm E G

More songs by Phil Ochs

Discover chords for more songs to play

Phil Ochs

Hills Of West Virginia

Phil Ochs

Draft Dodger Rag

Phil Ochs

I Ain't Marchin' Anymore

Phil Ochs

Changes

Phil Ochs

Love Me, I'm A Liberal

Phil Ochs

There But For

Phil Ochs

Pleasures of the Harbor

See More

Related songs

Discover chords for more songs to play

Phil Ochs

Hills Of West Virginia

Phil Ochs

Junior H

Ella

Junior H

Don McLean

American Pie

Don McLean

John Denver

Take Me Home, Country Roads

John Denver

Bob Dylan

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

Oasis

Wonderwall

Oasis

John Legend

All Of Me

John Legend

See More

Popular chords globally

Most played chords & tabs across all users

1

Perfect

Ed Sheeran

2

Creep

Radiohead

3

Yellow

Coldplay

4

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Green Day

5

Zombie

The Cranberries

6

Wonderwall

Oasis

7

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

Recently added

Recently added chords & tabs

Say My Name

Hozier

Rasputin

Majestic, Boney M.

Don’t Say You Love Me

Jin

Mask

Dream

No Broke Boys

Disco Lines, Tinashe

Iloveitiloveitiloveit

Bella Kay

Mi refe

Beéle, Ovy On The Drums