the confession chords by Phil Ochs
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Verse 1
(A minor) There's nothing as cold as the (D minor) freeze in (G major) your soul
at the (A minor) moment when (G major) you are arres (A minor) ted.
There's nothing as real as the iron and (G major) steel
on the (A minor) handcuffs when (G major) you pro (A minor) tested.
You (C major) raced through the night in the (E major) prison of fright
as (A minor) you head for the quicksand of (G major) questions.
And (A minor) children unborn will see you in (G major) scorn
If ever (A minor) you (G major) make a confes (A minor) sion.
And the click of the lock is a shiver of (G major) shock
As you wonder what are their object (A minor) ives.
Up on your guard, for the voices are (G major) hard
That be (A minor) long to the (G major) cops and de (A minor) tectives.
And it's (C major) hard to believe,
as (E minor) they roll up their sleeves
That (A minor) you're in for more than a ses (G major) sion
And (A minor) it couldn't be true,
and it's not really (G major) you
That they (A minor) want to make (G major) a confes (A minor) sion
You cannot conceal the confusion you (G major) feel
As they (A minor) steadily work (G major) to outguess (A minor) you
And some will pretend they are really your (D major) friend,
(G major) who rally (A minor) around (G major) to your (A minor) rescue.
With (C major) frightening force,
your (E major) mind is divorced to (A minor) give them the guilty impres (G major) sion.
Every (A minor) word that you hear is a weapon of
(G major) fear to (A minor) win the (G major) war of confes (A minor) sion.
The lights shoot a glare like bullets they stare (G major)
and (A minor) burn at the base (G major) of convic (A minor) tion.
And you squint and you blink and you try not
(G major) to think of (A minor) the cobweb (C major) s of (G major) contra (A minor) dictions.
And your (C major) clothes will be wet with (E major) rivers of
sweat that (A minor) tells the tale of the ten (G major) sion.
And once (A minor) in a while
the clock (D minor) has to smile
(G major) As it (A minor) counts the time (G major) of confes (A minor) sion
The questions will rain
and pour (D major) on your brain
(G major) With the (A minor) proper speed
(G major) they are driv (A minor) en
The circles they pace and the
sneers on their (G major) face
Tells (A minor) you no quarter (G major) is (A minor) given
You can (C major) salvage your mind
when the (E minor) paper is
(E major) And (E minor) (A minor) the crime is
solved by oppres (G major) sion,
But (A minor) win, lose, or draw,
it's the rule (D major) of the (G major) law
To (A minor) always work (G major) for confes (A minor) sion.
And the balance of scale
seems distant an (G major) d pale
In the (A minor) shadowy days (G major) of the tri (A minor) al,
And sometimes they die with
their name on (G major) a lie
When it's (A minor) all too (G major) late for deni (A minor) al.
When agree (C major) ment is full,
the (E major) switch must be pulled
An (A minor) d the chair leaves no
hope for correc (G major) tion
But (A minor) the chances are large
he was guilty as (G major) charged
After all, (A minor) he made (G major) a confes (A minor) sion
the confession
Phil Ochs
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