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