Half a Century High
Half a Century High

Half a Century High easy guitar chords by Phil Ochs

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • F#

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • Cm

    3

  • Em

  • Fm

  • C

  • F#m

    2

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • F#

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • Cm

    3

  • Em

  • Fm

  • C

  • F#m

    2
    • Verse 1
    In 
    the 

    tube 
    where 
    I 
    was 
    born 

    C 
    Bm 

    I 
    could 
    have sworn 

    C D 

    There 
    was 
    so 
    much 
    to see 

    C 
    D 

    There 
    was 
    so 
    little 
    to be 

    G C 
    G 

    But 
    I 
    was 
    free 

    B7 

    World 
    at 
    my 
    command 

    Em 

    Through 
    the 
    dots 
    I 
    ran 

    Am D 
    G 

    Looking 
    for 
    a man 

    who looked 
    like 
    me 

    Em 
    D 

    And 
    now 
    it 
    can 
    be 
    told 

    Em 
    D 

    I'm 
    a quarter 
    of 
    a century 
    old 

    G 
    F G F G 

    But 
    I'm 
    half 
    a 
    century 
    high 

    Verse 2

    In 
    the tube 
    where 
    I 
    was 
    raised 

    I 
    was 
    amazed 

    On 
    the 
    pictures 
    I 
    would 
    lean 

    That 
    went 
    flashing 
    on 
    the screen 

    Oh, 
    I 
    was 
    dazed 

    But 
    then 
    my 
    eyes 
    were made 

    hypnotized 
    insane 
    (?) 

    Buried 
    in 
    my 
    brain 

    In 
    a blind
    ing 
    blaze 

    And 
    now 
    it 
    can 
    be 
    told 

    I'm 
    a 
    quarter 
    of 
    a century 
    old 

    But 
    I'm 
    half 
    a 
    century 
    high 

    Verse 3

    In 
    the tube 
    where 
    I 
    was 
    grown 

    I 
    was 
    alone 

    The 
    figure 
    on 
    the floor 

    (Laying on 
    the floor) 

    The dream 
    behind 
    the 
    door (I'd lock 

    the 
    closet 
    door) 

    The sound 
    was 
    low 

    Ballgames on 
    the street 

    Disap
    peared 
    behind 
    my 
    feet 

    Out 
    of breath 
    my 

    heart 
    would 
    be 

    To see 
    an
    other 
    show 

    And 
    now 
    it 
    can 
    be 
    told 

    I'm 
    a 
    quarter 
    of 
    a century 
    old 

    But 
    I'm 
    half 
    a 
    century 
    high 

    Verse 4

    In 
    the tube 
    where 
    I 
    was 
    made 

    I 
    was 
    afraid 

    Spinning 
    through 
    the space 

    another 
    scene, 
    another 
    face, 

    Another 
    shade 

    Mirror 
    of 
    my 
    mind 

    On 
    electric 
    wheels 
    of 
    wine 

    Liv
    ing 
    on the 
    lines 
    that 

    were 
    dis
    played 

    And 
    now 
    it 
    can 
    be 
    told 

    I'm 
    a 
    quarter 
    of 
    a century 
    old 

    But 
    I'm 
    half 
    a 
    century 
    high 

    Verse 5

    In 
    the tube 
    where 
    I 
    was 
    fed

    I 
    lost 
    my 
    head 

    I 
    watch 
    the lives 
    they 
    led 

    Watch 
    them 
    to 
    the 
    en
    d 

    And 
    then 
    again 

    An 
    open 
    kind 
    of 
    laugh 

    I 
    gave 
    all 
    the 
    mind 
    I 
    had 

    And 
    whenev
    er 
    I 
    was 
    sad 

    I 
    had 
    my 
    friends 

    And 
    now 
    it 
    can 
    be 
    told 

    I'm 
    a 
    quarter 
    of 
    a century 
    old 

    But 
    I'm 
    half 
    a 
    century 
    high 

    Verse 6

    In 
    the tube 
    where 
    I 
    was 
    killed 

    I 
    was 
    fulfilled 

    Such 
    an 
    easy 
    way 
    to win 

    Talking 
    to 
    my 
    twin 

    No 
    sign 
    of 
    sin 

    the sacrifice 
    was small 

    fas
    cination 
    was 
    the fall 

    I 
    was 
    ex
    tended 
    by 
    the wall 

    that 
    held 
    me 
    in 

    And now it 
    can be told 

    I'm a quarter 
    of a century 
    old 

    But I'm half a 
    cen
    tury 
    high 

    Verse 7
    In the tube 
    where I was killed 
    I was fulfilled 


    The lies of 
    light would bend 

    I'd stare until 
    the end 

    And then again 

    Faded and 
    the fad 

    I 
    gave all the mind 
    I 
    had 

    And whenever 
    I was 
    sad 

    I had my 
    friends 

    And now 
    it can 
    be 
    told 

    I'm 
    a 
    quarter 
    of 
    a century 
    old 

    But 
    I'm 
    half 
    a 
    century 
    high 

    Verse 8

    In 
    the tube 
    where 
    I 
    was 
    born 

    I 
    could 
    have 
    sworn 

    There 
    was 
    so 
    much 
    to see 

    There 
    was 
    so 
    little 
    to 
    be 

    But 
    I 
    was 
    free 

    World 
    at 
    my 
    command 

    Through 
    the 
    dots 
    I 
    ran 

    Looking 
    for 
    a man 
    who looked 

    like 
    me 

    And 
    now 
    it 
    can 
    be 
    told 

    I'm 
    a 
    quarter 
    of 
    a century 
    old 

    But 
    I'm 
    half 
    a 
    century 
    high 

    Outro 1

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