Hands chords by Phil Ochs

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Oh, a million marching armies
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and  (G major) a million marching men
D 
 (D major) Have won the dark -skinned countries
Em 
A 
 (E minor) and lost them back  (A major) again
D 
But now  (D major) the word has gone
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to  (G major) every fallen land
D 
 (D major) That this old world is changing hands
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From  (G major) the master to the servant,
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from the  (D major) owner to the slaves
Colonial days are buried
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in a deep  (A major) and dirty grave
D 
It's so  (D major) easy to see and
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 (G major) well to understand
D 
 (D major) That this old world is changing hands
Hey, Washington and Jefferson
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D 
and  (G major) Patrick Henry  (D major) too
They knew what they were doing
Em 
when  (E minor) they started something new
A 
D 
 (A major) It  (D major) was in this giant land of ours
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D 
 (G major) that it all  (D major) began
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D 
When this old world  (A major) was changing  (D major) hands
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From the master  (G major) to the servant,
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from  (D major) the owner to the slave
Colonial days are buried
Em 
A 
in a deep  (E minor) and dirty  (A major) grave
D 
It's  (D major) so easy to see and
G 
 (G major) well to understand
D 
A 
D 
 (D major) That this old  (A major) world is  (D major) changing  hands
Hey, when World War II was rolling by,
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D 
the  (G major) tide was on its  (D major) way.
Many countries had to listen
Em 
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to  (E minor) the words they  (A major) had to say.
D 
An (D major) d the word was spread to millions,
G 
D 
all  (G major) of yellow, black, and  (D major) tan,
A 
D 
that this old  (A major) world was  (D major) changing hands.
G 
From the master  (G major) to the servant,
D 
from the owner  (D major) to the slaves,
colonial days are buried
Em 
A 
in  (E minor) a deep and dirty  (A major) grave.
D 
It's  (D major) so easy to see an
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D 
 (G major) d well to  (D major) understand
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That this old  (A major) world is changing
D 
 (D major) hands
Now Africa and Asia
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and the Carib (G major) bean shores
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 (D major) No longer can be counted
Em 
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as  (E minor) the spoils of  (A major) the wars
D 
They  (D major) were bought and sold together,
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D 
now togeth (G major) er they will  (D major) stand,
A 
D 
cause this old  (A major) world is changing  (D major) hands.
G 
From the  (G major) master to the servant,
D 
from the  (D major) owner to the slave,
Colonial days are buried
Em 
A 
in a  (E minor) deep and dirty  (A major) grave.
D 
G 
It's so  (D major) easy to see and  (G major) well to understand,
D 
A 
D 
 (D major) that this old  (A major) world is changing  (D major) hands.
A 
D 
That this old  (A major) world is changing  (D major) hands.
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