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