There But For Fortune Chords by Phil Ochs

[N] _ [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] Show _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
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me [B] a prison, [F#] _ _ _
_ _ show _ [B] me a jail, [F#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] show me a prison [G#] man whose face is growing [C#] pale.
_ And [D#m] I'll show you a young man _ [B] _ with many _
[G#] reasons _ why, [A#m] _ _
and [F#] there but for _ fortune [G#] may go _ you all [C#] right.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _
Show me [B] an alley, _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] show me a [F#] _
train, _ _ _ [D#m] show me a _ hobo [G#] who sleeps out in [C#] the rain. _
[D#m] And I'll show you a young man [B] _ _ with many [G#m] _
reasons _ [A#m] why, _ _ and [F#] there but for fortune [G#] may go you all [C#] _
right.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Show me [Bm] the whiskey _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] stains on the _ _ floor, [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ show _ _ [D#m]
me a drunken man [G#] as he stumbles out [C#] the door. _
[D#m] And I'll show you a young man [B] _ _ with [G#m] many reasons _ _ why, [A#m] _ _
and there [F#] but for fortune _ [G#] may go you [C#] all _ right.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _
Show me the [Bm] country _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ where the bombs had to _ fall, _ show [D#m] me the ruins [G#m] of the buildings once [C#] so tall.
_ _ [D#m]
And I'll show you a young man with [B] so many _ [G#m] reasons _ why, _ [A#m] _ _ _
[F#] and there but for fortune _
[G#m] may go you [C#] all _ right, all _ _ _ right. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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