Half a Century High chords by Phil Ochs
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Verse 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) In the
(D major) tube where I was born
C Bm
I (G major) could (A major) have sworn
C D (G major) (F sharp major)
There (G major) was so much (A major) to see
C D
There (G major) was so little to be
(A major) G C G
But (F sharp major) I (G major) was (D major) free (G major) (D major) (G major) (F sharp major)
B7
World at my command
Em (B minor)
Through the dots (C minor) I ran (B minor)
Am D G
(E minor) Looking (F minor) for a man (A major)
(G major) who looked like (D major) me
Em D (G major) (D major)
(F sharp major) And (B minor) now it can be told (A major)
Em D
I'm a quarter (B minor) of a century old (A major)
G F G F G
But I'm half (D major) a century (B minor) (G major) high
(D major) (C major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 2
In the tube where I was raised
I (G major) was (A major) amazed (F sharp minor)
(F sharp major) On (G major) the pictures I (A major) would lean
That went (G major) flashing on the screen
(D major) Oh, (F sharp major) I was (D major) dazed (G major) (D major) (G major)
(F sharp major) But then my eyes were made (B minor)
hypnotized insane (F minor) (?)
Buried in my brain (A major)
In a blind (G major) ing blaze (D major)
(A major) And (B minor) now it can be told (A major)
I'm a (B minor) quarter of a century old (A major)
But I'm half (D major) a century (G major) high
(D major) (G major)
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Verse 3
(D major)
In the tube where I was (G major) grown (D major)
I (G major) was (F sharp major) alone (F sharp minor)
(G major) The figure on (A major) the floor
(Laying on the floor)
The dream behind the (G major) door (I'd lock
the closet (A major) door)
The sound (G major) was low (D major) (G major) (F sharp major)
Ballgames on the street
Disap (B minor) peared behind my feet
Out (G major) of breath (E minor) (F minor) my
heart (E minor) would be (A major)
To see an (F sharp major) other show (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major)
And (B minor) now it can be told (A major)
I'm a (G major) quarter (B minor) of a century old (A major)
But I'm half (D major) a century (G major) (D major) high
(G major) (D major)
Verse 4
In the tube where I was made
I (G major) was afraid (A major) (F sharp minor) (D major)
(G major) Spinning through the space (A major)
another (G major) scene, another face, (A major)
Another shade (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(F sharp major) Mirror of my mind
On electric (B minor) wheels of wine
(E minor) Living (F minor) on the lines (A major) that
were displayed (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major)
And (B minor) now it can be told (A major)
I'm a (B minor) quarter of a century old (A major)
But I'm half (D major) a century (C major) (D major) high
(G major) (D major)
Verse 5
In the tube where (G major) I was fed (D major)
I (G major) lost my head (A major) (F sharp minor)
(G major) I watch the lives they (A major) led
(G major) Watch them to the en (A major) d
And then (G major) again (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (F sharp major)
An open kind of laugh
I gave (B minor) all the mind I had
And (G major) whenev (E minor) er (F minor) I was (E minor) sad (A major)
I had (G major) my friends (D major) (G major) (D major)
(A major) And (B minor) now it can be told (A major)
I'm a (B minor) quarter of a century old (A major)
But I'm half (D major) a century (G major) high
(D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 6
In the tube where I was (G major) killed (D major)
(F sharp major) I (G major) was (A major) fulfilled
(F sharp minor) Such (F sharp major) (G major) an easy way (A major) to win (G major)
Talking to my twin
(D major) No sign (G major) of sin (D major) (G major) (D major)
(F sharp major) the sacrifice was small
fascination (B minor) was the fall
I was (G major) ex (E minor) tended (F minor) by (E minor) the wall
(A major) that held (B minor) me in
And now it (D major) can be told
I'm a quarter of a century old
But I'm half a (G major) century high
Verse 7
In the tube where I was killed I was fulfilled
(D major)
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 (B minor) had
And whenever I was sad
I had my friends
And now it can be told (A major)
I'm a (B minor) quarter of a century old (A major)
But I'm half (D major) a century (G major) high
(D major) (G major)
Verse 8
(D major)
In the tube where (G major) I was born (D major)
I (G major) could have sworn (A major) (F sharp minor)
There (G major) was so much (A major) to see
(G major) There was so little to be
(D major) But I was free (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (F sharp major)
World at my command (B minor)
Through the dots I ran (E minor)
Looking for a man who looked
like (D major) me (G major) (D major) (A major)
And (B minor) now it can be told (A major)
I'm a quarter (B minor) of a century old (A major)
But I'm (D major) half a century high
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(D major)
Half a Century High
Phil Ochs
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