There But for Fortune
There But for Fortune

There But for Fortune easy guitar chords by Phil Ochs

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Guitar
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  • G

  • Cm

    3
  • Em

  • Am

  • D

  • C

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • Cm

    3
  • Em

  • Am

  • D

  • C

  • Bm

    2
  • Verse 1
    Show 
    me 
    a prison, 

    show 
    me 
    a jail, 

    G Em 
    Am D 

    Show 
    me 
    a prisoner 
    whose 

    face 
    has 
    gone 
    pale 

    Em C Am 

    And 
    I'll 
    show 
    you 
    a young man 

    with 
    so many 
    reason
    s why 

    Bm G 
    Am D 

    And 
    there 
    but 
    for 
    fortune, 

    may 
    go 
    you 
    or 

    Show 
    me 
    the 
    alley, 

    show 
    me 
    the train, 

    Show 
    me 
    hobo 
    who 

    sleeps 
    out 
    in the 
    rain, 

    And 
    I'll 
    show 
    you 
    a young 
    man 

    with 
    so many 
    reas
    ons 
    why 

    There 
    but 
    for 
    fortune, 

    may 
    go 
    you 
    or 
    go 
    -- you and I. 

    Show 
    me 
    the whiskey 

    stains 
    on 
    the floor, 

    Show 
    me 
    the 
    dunken man 
    as 

    he 
    stumbles 
    out 
    the 
    door, 

    And 
    I'll 
    show 
    you 
    a young man 

    with 
    so many 
    reas
    ons 
    why 

    There 
    but 
    for 
    fortune, 

    may 
    go 
    you 
    or 
    go 
    -- you 
    and I. 

    [Extra verse... written by 

    Noel Paul 
    Stookey] 

    Show me 
    the famine, 

    show me the frail 

    Eyes with no future that 

    show how we failed 

    And I'll show you 
    the children with 

    so many reasons 
    why 

    There but for fortune, 
    go you or I. 

    Show me the 
    country where 

    bomb
    s had to 
    fall, 

    Show 
    me the 
    ruins 
    of 

    buildings 
    once 
    so 
    tall, 

    And 
    I'll 
    show 
    you 
    a young land 

    with so 
    many 
    reas
    ons 
    why 

    There 
    but 
    for 
    fortune, 

    go 
    you 
    or 
    go 
    -- you and I. 

    You and I, 

    There but 
    for fortun

    e, go you 
    or go I 
    -- you and I. 

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