Lou Marsh chords by Phil Ochs
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Intro 1
(G major) (A minor) (D major)
(E minor)
Verse 1
On (E minor) the streets of New York
city when (A minor) the hour was (A major) getting (B major)
There were (E minor) young men armed with knives and guns,
(A minor) young men (B major) armed with (E minor) hateAnd Lou Marsh stepped between them and (G major) died (D major) there in (E minor) his tracks
For one man is no army when
the (A minor) city turns (D major) it s back
(G major) Now the streets are empty,
(A minor) now the streets are dark
(D major) So keep an eye on shadows
(E minor) and never pass the park
For the (G major) city is a jungle when
the (A minor) law is out of sight
(D major) An d death lurks in El Barrio with the
(E minor) orphans of the night
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Verse 2
He left behind a chamber (E minor) of a
(A minor) church (A major) he served (B major) so long
For (E minor) he learned the prayers of distant
men will (D major) never right the wrong (B major) s
His (E minor) church became an alley and his
(G major) pulpit (D major) was (E minor) the street
He made his congregation from the (A minor) boys he used
(D major) to meet
Interlude 1
(G major) (A minor) (D major) (E minor) (G major)
(A minor) (D major) (E minor)
Verse 3
There were two gangs (E minor) approaching
(A minor) in spanish Harlem (B major) town
The (E minor) smell of blood was in the air,
the (A minor) challenge was laid (B major) down
He (E minor) felt their blinding hatred,
and he (G major) tried to save their (E minor) lives
And the answer that they gave him was (A minor) their fists and feet
an (D major) d knives
Interlude 2
(G major) (A minor) (D major) (E minor) (G major)
(A minor) (D major) (E minor)
Verse 4
Will Lou Marsh lie forgotten in his (A minor)
cold and silent (B major) grave?
Will (E minor) his memory still linger on,
in (D major) those he tried to (B major) save?
(E minor) All of us who knew him (G major) will now
and (D major) then re (E minor) call
And shed a tear on poverty,
(A minor) tombstone of (D major) us all (G major)
Outro 1
(A minor) (D major) (E minor) (G major)
(A minor) (D major) (E minor)
Lou Marsh
Phil Ochs
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