Phil Ochs – There But For Fortune chords
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"There But for Fortune" Artist: Phil Ochs (later covered and popularized by Joan Baez) Album: There But for Fortune (Compilation) Intro: G Cm G Cm G CmG Cm G CmShow me a prison, show me a jail,G Em Am D Show me a prisoner whose face has gone paleEm C Am And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons whyBm G Am DAnd there but for fortune, may go you or IShow me the alley, show me the train, Show me a hobo who sleeps out in the rain, And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why There but for fortune, may go you or go I -- you and I. Show me the whiskey stains on the floor, Show me the drunken man as he stumbles out the door, And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why There but for fortune, may go you or go I -- 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 bombs had to fall, Show me the ruins of buildings once so tall, And I'll show you a young land with so many reasons why There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I. You and I, There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I.