There But For Fortune Chords by Joan Baez

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Show me [Ebm] the prison, _ _ [Bb] _
show me [Ebm] the jail, _ _ [Bb] _
show [Gm] me the prisoner _ [C] whose life has [F] gone astray.
[Bb] And I'll show you, [Gm] young man, [Eb] with so many reasons [Cm] _ why, [D] but _ there [Gm] but for fortune [C] go you [F] or I.
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_ _ Show me [Ebm] the alley, _ _ [Bb] _ show me the [Ebm]
train, _ [Bb] _ show me [Gm] the hobo [C] who sleeps out in [F] the _ rain.
[Bb] And I'll show you, [Gm] young _ man, [Eb] with so many reasons [Cm] _ _
why, [D] but there [Gm] but for fortune [C] go _ you [F] or I.
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Show me [Ebm] the whiskey _ _ [Bb] _
stains on the [Ebm] floor, _ [Bb] _ _
show [Gm] me the _ drunkard as he [C] stumbles _ [F] out the door.
_ [Bb] And I'll show you, [Gm] young man, [Eb] with so many [Cm] reasons _ why, [D] but _ there but [Gm] for fortune [C] go you [F] or I.
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Show me the [Ebm] country _ where the _ bombs had to fall, _ [Bb] _
show me [Gm] the ruins of [C] the buildings [F] once so tall.
[Bb] And I'll show you, [Gm] young man, [Eb] with so many reasons [Cm] _ why, [D] but there [Gm] but for fortune [C] go you [F] and I.
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