My Life chords by 
Phil Ochs 
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Key: A major•
Verse 1
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My life
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was once a joy to me,
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Never knowing, I was grow ing, every day.
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My life was once a toy to me,
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And I wound it and I found it ran away.
So I raced through the night
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with a face at my feet,
like a god I would write,
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All the melodies were sweet,
and the women were white.
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It was easy to sur vive,
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my life was so alive.
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My life was once a flag to me
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And I waved it and be haved
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like I was told.
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My life was once a drag to me
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And I loudly, and I proudly, lost control
I was drawn by a dream
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I was loved by a lie,
every serf on the scene
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Begged me to buy.
But I slipped through the scheme
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So lucky to fail
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My life was not for sale.
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My life is now a myth to me
Like the drifter,
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with his laughter in the dawn.
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My life is now a death to me
So I'll mold it and I'll hold
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it till I'm born
So I turned to the land
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Where I'm so out of place
Throw a curse on the plan
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In return for the grace
To know where I stand
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Take everything I own
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Take your tap from my phone
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And leave my life alone
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My life alone.
Dm
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA D E F# Bm...
A
D
E
F#
Bm
G
B
Dm
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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