The Passing of My Life chords by Phil Ochs

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Verse 1
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D 
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G 
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Em 
 (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) I've seen
G 
 (G major) rivers red with blood
C 
I've seen  (C major) valleys filled with mud
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A 
 (G major) I've seen stormy  (A major) sea
D 
s that pound upon the  (D major) shore
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I've  (G major) seen mountains
strewn with bones
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I've seen  (C major) people without homes
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D 
 (G major) And it's all with the  (D major) passing
Em 
of my  (E minor) life

Verse 2
G 
I've seen  (G major) highways
headin' down
C 
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I've seen  (C major) green grass turn to  (G major) brown
A 
I've seen forests burn a  (A major) couple
D 
days or  (D major) more
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I've seen  (G major) prairies filled with holes
C 
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I've seen  (C major) good men sell their  (G major) souls
And it's all with the
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 (D major) passing of my life  (E minor) 
D 
 (D major) And  as I see the fury of the

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Verse 3
G 
 (G major) 
Em 
fire and the  (E minor) flame
A 
D 
 (A major) I wonder if my children will  (D major) have
to see the same
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I've seen  (G major) rockets all ablaze
C 
G 
I've seen  (C major) dark and deadly  (G major) days
I've seen cities bombed and
A 
D 
 (A major) butchered to the ground  (D major) 
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I've seen  (G major) battles by the score
C 
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I've seen  (C major) ten too many  (G major) wars
D 
Em 
And it's all with the  (D major) passing of my  (E minor) life
D 
 (D major) And  as I see

Verse 4
the fury of the
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Em 
 (G major) fire and the  (E minor) flame
A 
 (A major) I wonder if my children will
D 
 (D major) have to see the same
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I've seen  (G major) rockets all

Verse 5
ablaze
C 
G 
I've seen  (C major) dark and deadly  (G major) days
I've seen cities bombed and
A 
D 
 (A major) butchered to the  (D major) ground
G 
I've seen  (G major) battles by the score
C 
G 
I've seen  (C major) ten too many  (G major) wars
D 
Em 
And it's all with the  (D major) passing of my  (E minor) life
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D 
Em 
Yes, it's  (G major) all with the  (D major) passing of my life  (E minor) 