Chords for Nina Simone - The Ballad of Hollis Brown

[F] The Ballad of Hollis Brown.
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Hollis Brown
_ is [A] _
[D] a man
[Am] _ who's very poor.
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He's so [Ab] poor that everybody is [F] starving in his family, and he has [Ab] five children.
_ _ _ [Am] We leave it like that and [Ab] tell you the story of [Dm] Hollis Brown, what happens to him.
[C] _
[A] The second tune is called Tomorrow is My Turn.
[Dm] _
_ [C] Tomorrow is My [B] Turn
_ [Cm] was written by [Am] Charles Aznavour,
_ which [C] you know him here in Europe, and I have turned it into a protest [D] song, [Am] Tomorrow is My Turn. _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ Hollis _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Brown, he lived on the outside of town.
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Hollis Brown, he lived on the [C] outside of town. _
_ _ _ _ _ With his wife and five children in his cabin broken down.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ Well, he looked for working [G] money [C] and he walked a ragged mile.
[Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Yes, he looked for working money,
walked a ragged mile.
Yeah, yeah.
_ _ _ His children are so hungry, don't know how to smile. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah,
_ _ _ _ _ _ yeah.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Rats have got your flower, bad blood has got your mare. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Rats have got your flower, bad blood has got your mare.
_ _ _ _ _ Is there anyone who [G] knows?
[Am] Is there anyone who cares? _
_ _ _ _ _ So you pray to the Lord above, please send your friend. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Yes, you pray to the Lord above, please send your friend. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ But your empty pockets tell you that you ain't got no friends. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Your trash is turning black, there's no water in your well. _ _
_ _ _ _ Your grass is turning black, there's no water in your well. _ _
_ _ _ _ You spent your last long dollar on a seven shotgun shell. _ _
_ _ _ Your baby's eyes look crazy, it's a [G] tugging at your [Am] sleeve. _ _ _
_ _ _ Your baby's eyes look crazy, it's a tugging at your sleeve. _ _ _
_ _ You walk the floor in wonder while every breath you breathe. _ _ _ _
_ _ The rats have got your flower, bad blood has got your mare. _ _ _ _ _
_ Rats have got your flower, bad blood has got your mare. _ _ _ _ _
Is there anyone who knows?
Is there anyone who cares?
_ _ _ _ _ So you pray to the Lord above, please send your friend.
_ _ _ _ _ Yes, _ _ _ _ _ _ you pray to the Lord above, please send your friend.
_ _ But your empty pockets tell you that you ain't got no _ friends.
_ _ [G] So [Am] your baby's screaming loud now, it's pounding in your brain. _ _
_ _ Your baby's screaming loud now, it's pounding in your brain. _ _ _
_ _ Your wife's screams is tapping you like a dirty driving rain. _ _ _
_ Way out in the wilderness, cold coyote calls. _ _ _ _ _ _
Way out in the wilderness, cold coyote calls.
_ _ _ _ _ Your eyes fix on the shotgun that's hanging on the wall.
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
yeah, _ _ seven breezes blowing all around the cabin door. _ _ _ _
_ That's seven breezes blowing all around the cabin door. _ _ _ _ _
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Seven, _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
seven, _ _ _ _ _ seven shots ring out _ like _ the ocean's [Am] pounding roar. _ _
_ Yeah, yeah, _ yeah, _ _ _ yeah, _ yeah, yeah, _ _ _ _ yeah.
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And [Am] _ _ seven people dead _ on a South Dakota farm. _
_ _ _ _ _ Seven people dead on _ a South Dakota farm. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Somewhere in the distance.
_ _ _ _ _ And seven _ new people born.
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