There But For Fortune

Words & Music:

Phil Ochs

 

C           Am      C           Am

Show me the prison, show me the jail,

C           Am             G             G7

Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale.

 

CHORUS:

    C               Am

And I'll show you a young man,

        F            G

With so many reasons why.

C             Am         G       G7         C

There but for fortune go you and I, you and I.

 

Show me the alley, show me the train,

Show me the hobo who sleeps out in the rain.

 

CHORUS:

 

Show me the whiskey stains on the floor,

Show me the drunkard as he stumbles out the door.

 

CHORUS:

 

Show me the country where the bombs had to fall.

Show me the ruins of the buildings once so tall.

 

CHORUS:

 




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