Jim Dean of Indiana chords by 
Phil Ochs 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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It was on an Indiana
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farm in the middle of the coun try
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Growin' in the fields of grain,
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Jim Dean of Indiana
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His mother died when he was a boy,
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his father was a stranger
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Marcus Winslow took him in,
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nobody seemed to want him
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The hired man sang like a storm,
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some times he'd beat him
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'Cause he would never do the chores,
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he was lost in dream ing
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He never seemed to find a play
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with the flat lands an d the farmers
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So he had to leave one day,
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he said to be an act or
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Once he'd come back to the farm
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with starlets from the stages
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They locked themselves inside his room,
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the people turned their faces
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A neigh bor ran from the movie house,
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chick ens they were scattered
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He swore he saw upon the screen,
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Jim Dean of Indiana
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He played a boy without a home,
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torn with no tomorrow
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Reaching out to touch someone,
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a stranger in the shadow
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The Winslows left for the movie town,
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they drove across the country
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They hoped that he would stay around and
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they hoped he would be friendly
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He talked to them for half an hour
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but he was busy racing
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He left for the Grapevine Road,
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they left for Indiana
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Then Marcus heard on the ra
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dio that a movie star was dying
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He turned the tuner way down low,
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so Ortense could go on sleep ing
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It was not until they reached the farm
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where the hired man was waiting
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The wind rushed silent through the grain,
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it was just as they had told him
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They buried him just down the road,
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a mile from the farm house
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That is where I placed a flower
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for Jim Dean of Indiana.
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