The Trial (CD Bonus Track) chords by Phil Ochs

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Verse 1
B 
Outside the cats are
Am 
scratching
Inside the doors are latching
G 
C 
On the room, the greedy gloom
Em 
D 
B 
The trial is revealed
Am 
Police are six feet deep
With switchblades in their teeth
G 
C 
So no one leaves and they all believe
G 
Am 
D 
This is absolutely real
Em 
Yes, it's real
And the sergeant says,
E 
Em 
"are you ready, boys?
Get ready, boys
E 
Em 
Aim...
D 
And fire...
Em 
E 

Verse 2
B 
Am 
Order in the court
People ready for the sport
G 
They squirm and squeak
C 
G 
and lick their beaks
Am 
D 
B 
And grease their feathers down
Am 
Everybody rise
Judge is here with bathroom eyes
G 
C 
G 
A grizzly bear, he hugs his chair
Am 
Em 
D 
And the greedy gavel pounds
Em 
Yes, it pounds
And the sergeant says,
"are you ready, boys?
Get ready, boys
Aim...
D 
And fire...
Em 
E 
Em 

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Verse 3
B 
In the dungeon s(?) falls
Am 
Writing appeals upon the wall
G 
And the priest in prayers
C 
is not even there
Am 
D 
B 
So precious is his time
To the stake he's tied
Am 
The swallows sing the triggers slide
G 
C 
He bids goodbye to the wattery sky
Am 
D 
that plunges from his mind
Em 
From his mind
And the sergeant says,
"are you ready, boys?
Get ready, boys
Aim...
D 
And fire...
Em 