Tape from California chords by Phil Ochs
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Intro 1
(D major)
Verse 1
(D major) Who's that coming down the road
D A
A sailor (C major) from the sea (G major)
D (C major) F#m
He looks a lot like me (E minor)
E G E
I'd know him (D major) anywhere,
(F major) had to stare
(D major)
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Verse 2
Feathers at his fingertips
D A
A (C major) halo 'round his spine (G major)
D (C major) F#m
he must have lost his mind (E minor)
E G
he should be put (D major) away,
(F major) right away (B minor)
C#m
In the corner of the night
D Bm
(C major) he handed me his (A minor) waterpipe
F#m Bm E
(E minor) His eyes were searching
(A minor) deep inside my head (D major)
Verse 3
Here's (D major) what he said (G minor)
Am
Sorry I can't stop and talk now
D
I'm in (C major) kind of a hurry anyhow
C G A E
But I'll (B flat major) send you a tape (F major) from
Cali (G major) fornia
(G minor) (C major) (D major)
Verse 4
New York city has exploded and
it's (C major) crashed upon my head (G major)
I (C major) dove beneath the bed (E minor)
Fighting, (D major) biting nails,
(F major) turning pale (D major)
The landlord's at my window
And the (C major) burglar's at my door (G major)
I can (C major) 't take it anymore (E minor)
I guess I'll (D major) have to fly,
it's (F major) worth a try (B minor)
Someone's banging on the wall
But (C major) there's no party to (A minor)
recall (E flat#m)
The singer of the shadows (A minor) of his soul (D major)
So he's been told (G minor)
Sorry I can't stop and talk now
I'm in (C major) kind of a hurry anyhow
But I'll (B flat major) send you a tape (F major) from California (G major)
Verse 5
D C D C (G major) (C major)
From the mirror of my mantle (B flat major)
to the (C major) velvet on my bed
(B flat major) D C Am E (C major)
Trapped upon a stolen (B flat major) stage,
a (G minor) Barrymore at be (D major) st(?)
A G A G
(G major) My rhymes are all repeat (F major) ing,
(G major) ballads growing blind (F major)
G#m A F#m B7 E (F sharp minor)
Words have turned to (G major) water,
the (E minor) women turned to wine
(A major) (D major)
Verse 6
The draft board is debating if
they'd like (C major) to take my life (G major)
I'd (C major) sooner take a wife (E minor) and have raise
a child (D major) or two (F major)
Wouldn't you? (D major)
Peace has turned to poison
The (C major) flag has blown a fuse (G major)
Even (C major) courage is con (E minor) fused
And now (D major) all the brave are
(F major) in the grave (B minor)
Century is bending(?)
have (C major) a very happy (A minor) ending
To the (E minor) victor go the ashes (A minor)
of the spoils (D major)
Seeds in the soil (G minor)
Sorry I can't stop and talk now
I'm in (C major) kind of a hurry anyhow
But I'll (B flat major) send you a tape (F major) from Cali (G major) fornia
(D minor)
Interlude 1
(G minor) (C major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 7
The flower-power (D major) fuller fuller brush man
is (C major) farming out his friends (G major)
I (C major) stabbed him with my stem (E minor)
And then I (D major) tapped his toes (F major) with my rose (D major)
He crawled around inside himself
Now he's (C major) crawling after me (G major)
Dropping (C major) acid in my tea (E minor)
He wants to (D major) save his soul
(F major) rock and roll (B minor)
One of us must understand
It's (C major) not the drug that (A minor) makes the man
(E minor) Then a poster of a (A minor) movie star walked by (D major)
He must have been high (G minor)
Sorry I can't stop and talk now
I'm in (C major) kind of a hurry anyhow
But I'll (B flat major) send you a
tape (F major) from Cali (G major) fornia
Verse 8
Half (G major) (C major) the world is crazy (B flat major) and the (C major) other
half is scared (B flat major) (C major)
Maddonas do the minuet (B flat major) for
the (G minor) naked million (D major) aires
(G major) The anarchists are rising (F major) while
we're racing (G major) for the moon (F major)
(F sharp minor) It doesn't take a seer (G major) to see that
the scene (E minor) is coming soon
(A major) (D major)
Verse 9
So who's that coming down the road
A sailor (C major) from the sea (G major)
He (C major) looks a lot like me (E minor)
I'd know him (D major) anywhere
(F major) Had to stare (D major)
A fire around his fingertips
A song (C major) around his spine (G major)
He (C major) must have found his (E minor) mind
He should be (D major) put away
(F major) Anyway
(B minor) Surrounded by the slaughter
Now I'm (C major) boarding(?) at the (A minor) border
When the (E minor) echoes of my (A minor) ecstacy ap (D major) pear
Wish I was here (G minor)
Sorry I can't stop and talk now
I'm in (C major) kind of a hurry anyhow
But I'll (B flat major) send you a tape (F major) from Cali (G major) fornia
Tape from California
Phil Ochs
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