Lagu berdurasi 2 menit 11 detik ini diciptakan oleh Phil Ochs dan merupakan bagian dari album solo kelima Baez yang bertajuk Joan Baez/5.
Album tersebut dirilis melalui label Vanguard Records dan berhasil menduduki posisi ke-3 di UK Albums Chart.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “There But for Fortune” dari Joan Baez.
Capo 3rd fret
[Intro]
G Cm G Cm
[Verse 1]
G Cm G
Show me the prison
C G
Show me the jail
Em Am D
Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale
G Em
And I'll show you, young man
C Am
With so many reasons why
Bm Em A D G Cm G
There but for fortune go you or I, mmm
[Verse 2]
G Cm G
Show me the alley
C G
Show me the train
Em Am D
Show me the hobo who sleeps out in the rain
G Em
And I'll show you, young man
C Am
With so many reasons why
Bm Em A D G Cm G
There but for fortune go you or I, mmm
[Verse 3]
G Cm G C G
Show me the whiskey stains on the floor
Em Am D
Show me the drunkard as he stumbles out the door
G Em
And I'll show you, young man
C Am
With so many reasons why
Bm Em A D G Cm G
There but for fortune go you or I, mmm
[Verse 4]
G Cm G C G
Show me the country where the bombs had to fall
Em Am D
Show me the ruins of the buildings, once so tall
G Em
And I'll show you, young man
C Am
With so many reasons why
Bm Em A D
There but for fortune go you and I
G Ab Cm G
You and I
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