Rehearsals for Retirement
Rehearsals for Retirement

Rehearsals for Retirement easy guitar chords by Phil Ochs

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Guitar
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E A D G B E

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Fret 2

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  • C

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    The 
    days 
    grow 

    longer 
    for 
    smaller 
    prizes 

    A G 
    D A 

    I 
    feel 
    a 
    stranger 
    to 
    all 
    sur
    prises 

    Bm E A 

    You 
    can 
    have 
    them 
    I 
    don't 
    want 
    them 

    C#m D 

    I 
    wear 
    a different 
    kind 
    of 
    garment 

    F#m E 

    In 
    my 
    rehearsals 
    for 
    retirement 

    Verse 2

    The 
    lights 
    are 
    cold 
    again 

    they 
    dance 
    be
    low 
    me 

    I 
    turn 
    to 
    old 
    friends 
    they 

    do 
    not 
    know 
    me 

    All 
    but 
    the beggar 
    he 
    remembers 

    I 
    put 
    a 
    penny 
    down 
    for 
    payment 

    In 
    my 
    rehearsals 
    for 
    retirement 

    D 
    Verse 3
    A - A7 

    Had I known 
    the 
    end 
    would 

    end 
    in 
    laughter 

    F#m E 

    I 
    tell 
    my 
    daughter 
    it 

    doesn't 
    matter 

    Verse 4
    The stage 
    is 
    tainted 
    with 
    empty 
    voices 

    The 
    ladies 
    painted 
    they 

    have 
    no 
    choices 

    I 
    take 
    my 
    colors 
    from 
    the 
    stable 

    They 
    lie 
    in 
    tatters 
    by 
    the 
    tournament 

    In 
    my 
    rehearsals 
    for 
    retirement 

    Verse 5

    Where 
    are 
    the 
    armies 

    who 
    killed 
    a 
    country 

    And 
    turned 
    a 
    strong 
    man 

    into 
    a baby 

    No 
    comes 
    the rabble 
    they 
    are 
    welcome 

    I 
    wait 
    in 
    an
    ger 
    and 
    amusement 

    In 
    my 
    rehearsals 
    for 
    retirement 

    Verse 6

    Had 
    I known 
    the 
    end 
    would 

    end 
    in 
    laughter 

    Still 
    I 
    tell 
    my 
    daughter 
    that 

    it 
    doesn't 
    matter 

    Verse 7
    Farewell 
    my 
    own 
    true 
    love, 

    farewell 
    my 
    fancy 

    Are 
    you 
    still 
    owin' 
    me 
    love, 

    though 
    you 
    failed 
    me 

    But 
    one 
    last 
    gesture 
    for 

    her 
    pleasure 

    I'll 
    paint 
    your 
    memory 
    on 

    the monument 

    In 
    my 
    rehearsals 
    for 
    retirement 

    Outro 1

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