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There But For Fortune

artist:Joan Baez

, writer:Phil Ochs



   Chords:
 {t:There But For Fortune}
{artist:Joan Baez}
{key: A}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4BYOJ1tc-k Capo on 1
{c: }
[A] [Dm]    [A] [Dm] 
[A] Show me the [Dm] prison, [A] show me the [Dm] jail
[A] Show me the [F#m] prisoner, whose [B] life has gone [E7] stale
And I'll [A] show you, young [F#m] man,
With so [D] many reasons [Bm] why
[C#m] There but for [F#m] fortune, go [B] you or [E7] I, 
mh [A] mh  [Dm] [A]   
{c: }
[A] Show me the [Dm] alley, [A] show me the [Dm] train
[A] Show me the [F#m] hobo, who [B] sleeps out in the [E7] rain
And I'll [A] show you, young [F#m] man,
With so [D] many reasons [Bm] why
[C#m] There but for [F#m] fortune, go [B] you or [E7] I, 
mh [A] mh  [Dm] [A]   
{c: }
[A] Show me the [Dm] whiskey [A] stains on the [Dm] floor
[A] Show me the [F#m] drunkard, as he [B] stumbles out the [E7] door
And I'll [A] show you, young [F#m] man
With so [D] many reasons [Bm] why
[C#m] There but for [F#m] fortune, go [B] you or [E7] I, - mh [A] mh  [Dm] [A]   
{c: }
[A] Show me the [Dm] country, where the [A] bombs had to [Dm] fall
[A] Show me the [F#m] ruins of the [B] buildings, once so [E7] tall
And I'll [A] show you, young [F#m] land
With so [D] many reasons [Bm] why
[C#m] There but for [F#m] fortune, go [B] you and [E7]  I, 
you and [A] I 

[A] [Dm] [A] [A] 				




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