Tape from California chords by
Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs

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Key: Eb major
Intro 1
D
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Verse 1
D
D

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Who's that coming down the road
D A
C
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G
G

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A sailor from the sea
C
C

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D F#m
Em
Em

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He looks a lot like me
E G E
D
D

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I'd know him anywhere,
F
F

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had to stare
D
D

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Verse 2
Feathers at his fingertips
D A
C
C

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G
G

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A halo 'round his spine
C
C

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D F#m
Em
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he must have lost his mind
E G
D
D

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he should be put away,
F
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Bm
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right away
C#m
In the corner of the night
D Bm
C
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Am
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he handed me his waterpipe
F#m Bm E
Em
Em

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His eyes were searching
Am
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D
D

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deep inside my head
Verse 3
D
D

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Gm
Gm

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Here's what he said
Am
Sorry I can't stop and talk now
D
C
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I'm in kind of a hurry anyhow
C G A E
Bb
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F
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But I'll send you a tape from
G
G

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California
Gm
Gm

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C
C

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D
D

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Verse 4
New York city has exploded and
C
C

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G
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it's crashed upon my head
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Em
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I dove beneath the bed
D
D

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Fighting, biting nails,
F
F

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D
D

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turning pale
The landlord's at my window
C
C

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G
G

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And the burglar's at my door
C
C

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Em
Em

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I can't take it anymore
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D

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I guess I'll have to fly,
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Bm
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it's worth a try
Someone's banging on the wall
C
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Am
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But there's no party to
Eb#m
Eb#m

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recall
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D
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The singer of the shadows of his soul
Gm
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So he's been told
Sorry I can't stop and talk now
C
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I'm in kind of a hurry anyhow
Bb
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F
F

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G
G

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But I'll send you a tape from California
Verse 5
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C
C

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D C D C
Bb
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From the mirror of my mantle
C
C

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to the velvet on my bed
Bb
Bb

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C
C

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D C Am E
Bb
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Trapped upon a stolen stage,
Gm
Gm

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D
D

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a Barrymore at best(?)
A G A G
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F
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My rhymes are all repeating,
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F
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ballads growing blind
F#m
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G#m A F#m B7 E
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Words have turned to water,
Em
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the women turned to wine
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A

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D
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Verse 6
The draft board is debating if
C
C

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they'd like to take my life
C
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Em
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I'd sooner take a wife and have raise
D
D

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F
F

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a child or two
D
D

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Wouldn't you?
Peace has turned to poison
C
C

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G
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The flag has blown a fuse
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Em
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Even courage is confused
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And now all the brave are
F
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Bm
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in the grave
Century is bending(?)
C
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Am
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have a very happy ending
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To the victor go the ashes
D
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of the spoils
Gm
Gm

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Seeds in the soil
Sorry I can't stop and talk now
C
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I'm in kind of a hurry anyhow
Bb
Bb

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F
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G
G

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But I'll send you a tape from California
Dm
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Interlude 1
Gm
Gm

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C
C

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A
A

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D
D

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Verse 7
D
D

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The flower-power fuller fuller brush man
C
C

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G
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is farming out his friends
C
C

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Em
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I stabbed him with my stem
D
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F
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D
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And then I tapped his toes with my rose
He crawled around inside himself
C
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G
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Now he's crawling after me
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Em
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Dropping acid in my tea
D
D

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He wants to save his soul
F
F

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Bm
Bm

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rock and roll
One of us must understand
C
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Am
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It's not the drug that makes the man
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Am
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D
D

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Then a poster of a movie star walked by
Gm
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He must have been high
Sorry I can't stop and talk now
C
C

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I'm in kind of a hurry anyhow
Bb
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But I'll send you a
F
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G
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tape from California
Verse 8
G
G

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C
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Bb
Bb

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C
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Half the world is crazy and the other
Bb
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C
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half is scared
Bb
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Maddonas do the minuet for
Gm
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D
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the naked millionaires
G
G

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The anarchists are rising while
G
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F
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we're racing for the moon
F#m
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G
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It doesn't take a seer to see that
Em
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the scene is coming soon
A
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D
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Verse 9
So who's that coming down the road
C
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G
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A sailor from the sea
C
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Em
Em

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He looks a lot like me
D
D

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I'd know him anywhere
F
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D
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Had to stare
A fire around his fingertips
C
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G
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A song around his spine
C
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Em
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He must have found his mind
D
D

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He should be put away
F
F

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Anyway
Bm
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Surrounded by the slaughter
C
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Am
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Now I'm boarding(?) at the border
Em
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Am
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D
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When the echoes of my ecstacy appear
Gm
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Wish I was here
Sorry I can't stop and talk now
C
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I'm in kind of a hurry anyhow
Bb
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F
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G
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But I'll send you a tape from California

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