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There But for Fortune


E Am E Am Show me the prison, show me the jail. E C#m F#m B7 Show me the prisoner whose face is growing pale. E C#m A F#m And I'll show you a young man, with so many reasons why, E C#m F#m B7 E And there but for fortune, go you or I, or I.

Show me the alley, show me the train.
Show me the hobo who sleeps out in the rain.
And I'll show you a young man, with so many reasons why,
And there but for fortune, go you or I, or I.

Show me the whiskey stains on the floor.
Show me the drunkard as he staggers out the door
And I'll show you a young man, with so many reasons why,
And there but for fortune, go you or I, or I.

Show me the country where the bombs had to fall.
Show me the ruins of the towers once so tall.
And I'll show you a young land, with so many reasons why,
There but for fortune, go you or I, or I.

(Words and music by Phil Ochs, 1964)


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