There but for Fortune Joan Baez
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There but for Fortune - Joan Baez
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Joan Baez
There but for Fortune (1963)
(Phil Ochs)
From: "5"
Now on: "The Best of the Vanguard Years"
Capo 4th fret
INTRO
[G] [Cm/G]
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[G] [Cm/G]
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VERSE
[G] [Cm/G]
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[G] [Cm/G]
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[G] [Em]
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[A] [D]
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[G] [Em]
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[C] [Am]
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[Bm] [Em]
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[A] [D]
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[G] [Cm/G]
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G | After last verse
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INTRO
| G | G | Cm/G | Cm/G |
| G | G | Cm/G | Cm/G |
[G]Show me the [Cm/G]prison, [G]show me the [Cm/G]jail
[G]Show me the [Em]prisoner, whose [A]life has gone [D]stale
And I'll [G]show you, young [Em]man,
With so [C]many reasons [Am]why
Bm Em A D | G | G | Cm/G | Cm/G | G | G |
There but for fortune, go you or I......mm.mm
[G]Show me the [Cm/G]alley, [G]show me the [Cm/G]train
[G]Show me the [Em]hobo, who [A]sleeps out in the [D]rain
And I'll [G]show you, young [Em]man,
With so [C]many reasons [Am]why
Bm Em A D | G | G | Cm/G | Cm/G | G | G |
There but for fortune, go you or I......mm.mm
[G]Show me the [Cm/G]whiskey, [G]stains on the [Cm/G]floor
[G]Show me the [Em]drunkard, as he [A]stumbles out the [D]door
And I'll [G]show you, young [Em]man
With so [C]many reasons [Am]why
Bm Em A D | G | G | Cm/G | Cm/G | G | G |
There but for fortune, go you or I......mm.mm
[G]Show me the [Cm/G]country, where the [G]bombs had to [Cm/G]fall
[G]Show me the [Em]ruins of the [A]buildings, once so [D]tall
And I'll [G]show you, young [Em]land
With so [C]many reasons [Am]why
Bm Em A D | G | G | Cm/G | Cm/G | G | G | G
There but for fortune, go you or I......mm.mm
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