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