the confession chords by
Phil Ochs

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Key: B minor

Verse 1
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G G 
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There's nothing as cold as the freeze in your soul
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Am Am 
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at the moment when you are arrested.
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There's nothing as real as the iron and steel
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Am Am 
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on the handcuffs when you protested.
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You raced through the night in the prison of fright
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G G 
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as you head for the quicksand of questions.
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G G 
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And children unborn will see you in scorn
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G G 
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Am Am 
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If ever you make a confession.
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And the click of the lock is a shiver of shock
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As you wonder what are their objectives.
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Up on your guard, for the voices are hard
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Am Am 
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That belong to the cops and detectives.
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And it's hard to believe,
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as they roll up their sleeves
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That you're in for more than a session
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And it  couldn't be true,
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and it's not really you
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G G 
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Am Am 
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That they want to make a  confession
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You cannot conceal the confusion you feel
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Am Am 
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As they steadily work to outguess you
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And some will pretend they are really your friend,
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Am Am 
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who rally around to your rescue.
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With frightening force,
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G G 
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your mind is divorced to  give them the guilty impression.
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Every word that you hear is a weapon of
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Am Am 
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fear to win the war of confession.
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The lights shoot a glare like bullets they stare
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Am Am 
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and burn at the base of conviction.
And you squint and you blink and you try not
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C C 
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Am Am 
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to think of the cobwebs of contradictions.
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E E 
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And your clothes will be wet with rivers of
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sweat that tells the tale of the tension.
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And once in a while
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the clock has to smile
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Am Am 
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Am Am 
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As it counts the time of confession
The questions will rain
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and pour on your brain
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Am Am 
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With the proper speed
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Am Am 
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they are driven
The circles they pace and the
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sneers on their face
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Am Am 
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Tells you no quarter is given
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You can salvage your mind
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when the paper is
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Am Am 
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And the crime is
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solved by oppression,
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But win, lose, or draw,
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it's the rule of the law
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G G 
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To always work for confession.
And the balance of scale
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seems distant and  pale
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In the shadowy days of the trial,
And sometimes they die with
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their name on a  lie
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Am Am 
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When it's all too late for denial.
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When agreement is full,
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the switch must be pulled
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And the chair leaves no
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hope for correction
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But the chances are large
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he was guilty as charged
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After all, he made a  confession

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