There But For Fortune Uke tab by Phil Ochs (Baritone Chords)

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Show me a prison, show me a jail,
 
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Show me a prisoner whose face has gone pale
 
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And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
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And there but for fortune, may go you or I
 
[Verse 2]
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Show me the alley, show me the train,
 
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Show me a hobo who sleeps out in the rain,
 
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And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
 
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There but for fortune, may go you or go I -- you and I.
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
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Show me the whiskey stains on the floor,
 
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Show me the drunken man as he stumbles out the door,
 
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And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
 
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There but for fortune, may go you or go I -- you and I.
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
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Show me the famine, show me the frail
 
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Eyes with no future that show how we failed
 
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And I'll show you the children with so many reasons why
 
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There but for fortune, go you or I.
 
 
[Verse 5]
 
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Show me the country where bombs had to fall,
 
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Show me the ruins of buildings once so tall,
 
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And I'll show you a young land with so many reasons why
 
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There but for fortune, go you or I
 
 
[Verse 6]
 
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Show me a sickness show me a cure
 
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The rich see only fortune the poor must endure
 
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And I'll show you the dead with so many reasons why
 
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There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I.
 
 
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We're all in this together with so many reasons why
 
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There but for fortune, go you or go I