There But For chords by Phil Ochs
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Intro 1
(G minor) (D major) (G minor)
(D major)
Verse 1
Show (D major) (G minor) me a pris (G major) on,
(D major) show (G minor) me a jail,
G Em Am (D major) D
Show (B minor) me a prisoner (E minor) whose
face has gone pale
Em (A major) C Am
And (B minor) I'll show you a young man (G major)
with so many reas (E minor) ons why
Bm G (F sharp minor) Am D
And there (D major) but for fortune,
may (E minor) go you or (A major) I (D major)
Show (G minor) me the alley,
(G major) (D major) show (G minor) me the train, (D major)
Show me a (B minor) hobo who
(E minor) sleeps out in (A major) the rain,
And I'll (B minor) show you a young man (G major) with
so many reason (E minor) s why (F sharp minor)
There but for (D major) fortune,
may (E minor) go you or (A major) go I -- you and I. (D major)
Show me the (G major) whiskey (G minor) stains on (D major) the floor,
(G minor) (D major)
Show me (B minor) the dunken man as
(E minor) he stumbles out (A major) the door,
And (B minor) I'll show you a young man (G major) with
so many reason (E minor) s why (F sharp minor)
There but for (D major) fortune,
may (E minor) go you or go I -- you and I.
[Extra verse... written by
Noel (A major) Paul Stookey]
Show me the famine, show me the frail
Eyes with (D major) no future
that show how we failed
(G major) And I'll show you the (G minor) children
with so many reasons why
There but for fortune, go (D major) you or I.
Show me the country where
(G minor) bombs had to fall, (D major)
Show me (B minor) the ruins of
(E minor) buildings once so (A major) tall,
And (B minor) I'll show you a young land with
so (G major) many reason (E minor) s why (F sharp minor)
There (D major) but for fortune, (E minor)
go you or (A major) go I (D major) -- you and I.
You and I,
There but for fortune,
go you or go I -- you and I.
There But For
Phil Ochs
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