Tabs
There but for Fortune - Joan Baez
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Joan Baez
There but for Fortune (1963)
(Phil Ochs)
From: "5"
Now on: "The Best of the Vanguard Years"
Capo 4th fret
INTRO
G+G Cm/G
e|----------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|
BB|----0-----------|----------0-----|----4-----------|----------4-----|
G+G|----------0-----|----------------|----------5-----|--------------5-|
D MajorD|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
G+G Cm/G
e|----------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|
BB|----3-----------|----------3-----|----4-----------|----------4-----|
G+G|----------4-----|--------------x-|----------5-----|--------------5-|
D MajorD|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
VERSE
G+G Cm/G
e|----------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|
BB|----3-----------|----------3-----|----4-----------|----------4-----|
G+G|----------4-----|--------------x-|----------5-----|--------------5-|
D MajorD|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
G+G Cm/G
e|----------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|
BB|----3-----------|----------3-----|----4-----------|------4---4-----|
G+G|----------4-----|--------------x-|----------5-----|--------------5-|
D MajorD|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
G+G 
E minorEm
e|----------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----3-----------|----------3-----|----0-----------|0---------0-----|
G+G|----------4-----|--------------x-|----------0-----|------0---------|
D MajorD|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
A augmentedA D MajorD
e|----------------|----------------|----2-----------|0h2-------2-----|
BB|----2-----------|2---------2-----|----------3-----|------3---------|
G+G|----------2-----|------2---------|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
D MajorD|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|0---------------|0---------------|
A augmentedA|0---------------|0---------------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
E MajorE|--------0-------|--------0-------|----------------|----------------|
G+G E minorEm
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----0-----------|0---------0-----|----0-----------|0---------0-----|
G+G|----------0-----|------0---------|----------0-----|------0-------0-|
D MajorD|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
C majorC 
A minorAm
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----1-----------|1---------1-----|----1-----------|0h1-------1-----|
G+G|----------0-----|------0---------|----------2-----|------2---------|
D MajorD|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A augmentedA|3---------------|3---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
E MajorE|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
B minorBm E minorEm
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----3-----------|3---------3-----|----0-----------|0---------0-----|
G+G|----------4-----|------4---------|----------0-----|------0---------|
D MajorD|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A augmentedA|2---------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|--------2-------|--------2-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
A augmentedA D MajorD
e|----------------|0---------------|----2-----------|0h2-------2-----|
BB|----2-----------|----------2-----|----------3-----|------3---------|
G+G|----------2-----|------2---------|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
D MajorD|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|0---------------|0---------------|
A augmentedA|0---------------|0---------------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
E MajorE|--------0-------|--------0-------|----------------|----------------|
G+G Cm/G
e|----------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|
BB|----0-----------|----------0-----|----4-----------|----------4-----|
G+G|----------0-----|--------------0-|----------5-----|--------------5-|
D MajorD|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
G+G | After last verse
e|----------------|3---------------| |3---------------|
BB|----3-----------|----------3-----| |----------------|
G+G|----------4-----|--------------x-| |----------------|
D MajorD|----5-------5---|----5-------5---| |----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------| |----------------|
E MajorE|3-------3-------|3-------3-------| |3---------------|
INTRO
| G+G | G+G | Cm/G | Cm/G |
| G+G | G+G | Cm/G | Cm/G |
G+G Cm/G G+G Cm/G
Show me the prison, show me the jail
G+G E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
Show me the prisoner, whose life has gone stale
G+G E minorEm
And I'll show you, young man,
C majorC A minorAm
With so many reasons why
B minorBm E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD | G+G | G+G | Cm/G | Cm/G | G+G | G+G |
There but for fortune, go you or I......mm.mm
G+G Cm/G G+G Cm/G
Show me the alley, show me the train
G+G E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
Show me the hobo, who sleeps out in the rain
G+G E minorEm
And I'll show you, young man,
C majorC A minorAm
With so many reasons why
B minorBm E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD | G+G | G+G | Cm/G | Cm/G | G+G | G+G |
There but for fortune, go you or I......mm.mm
G+G Cm/G G+G Cm/G
Show me the whiskey, stains on the floor
G+G E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
Show me the drunkard, as he stumbles out the door
G+G E minorEm
And I'll show you, young man
C majorC A minorAm
With so many reasons why
B minorBm E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD | G+G | G+G | Cm/G | Cm/G | G+G | G+G |
There but for fortune, go you or I......mm.mm
G+G Cm/G G+G Cm/G
Show me the country, where the bombs had to fall
G+G E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
Show me the ruins of the buildings, once so tall
G+G E minorEm
And I'll show you, young land
C majorC A minorAm
With so many reasons why
B minorBm E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD | G+G | G+G | Cm/G | Cm/G | G+G | G+G | G+G
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