Phil Ochs - There But For Fortune

“there but for fortune”
artist : phil ochs ( later covered and popularized by joan baez )
album : there but for fortune ( compilation )

intro : G Cm G Cm G Cm

G Cm G Cm
show me a prison , show me a jail ,

G Em Am D
show me a prisoner whose face has gone pale

Em C Am
and i’ll show you a young man with so many reasons why
Bm G Am D
and there but for fortune , may go you or i

show me the alley , show me the train ,
show me a hobo who sleeps out in the rain ,
and i’ll show you a young man with so many reasons why
there but for fortune , may go you or go i – – you and i .

show me the whiskey stains on the floor ,
show me the drunken man as he stumbles out the door ,
and i’ll show you a young man with so many reasons why
there but for fortune , may go you or go i – – you and i .

[ extra verse written by noel paul stookey : ]
show me the famine , show me the frail
eyes with no future that show how we failed
and i’ll show you the children with so many reasons why
there but for fortune , go you or i .

show me the country where bombs had to fall ,
show me the ruins of buildings once so tall ,
and i’ll show you a young land with so many reasons why
there but for fortune , go you or go i – – you and i .
you and i ,
there but for fortune , go you or go i – – you and i .