Keep The Change chords by Phil Ochs
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Key: A
♫ Verse 1:
A A7
Now I'd like to lay here in the night
A Bm
Now I'd like to linger in the light
D
Wishing not to move
C#m
I have nothing left to prove
D E A G A
But did I hear you asking was it wrong or right
♫ Chorus:
D E F#m
Oh
If you feel a little strange
Bm E A
Please have the memory and keep the change
♫ Verse 2:
A A7
Now I'd like to hover in a hole
A Bm
Where silence is the singer of the soul
D
I have no games to play
C#m
I have no lines to say
D E A G A
But someone's taking surveys on a passion poll
♫ Chorus:
D E F#m
Oh
If you feel a little strange
Bm E A
Please have the memory and keep the change
♫ Verse 3:
A A7
Pretending every worry has all gone
A Bm
Now I'd like to drift into the dawn
D D
As simple as it seems (Pleasures are endowed)
C#m C#m
Changing thoughts around to dreams (Lying lazy as a cloud)
D E A G A
But did I hear the stifling of a sleepless yawn
♫ Chorus:
D E F#m
Oh
If you feel a little strange
Bm E A
Please have the memory and keep the change
♫ Verse 4:
A A7
Now I'd like to dangle in a dream
A Bm
A cavalier who's courting to the queen
D D
Hopelessly insane (As tender as the trees)
C#m C#m
Running ragged through the rain (I only wish to please)
D E A G A
But someone's directing lovers on a silver screen
♫ Chorus:
D E F#m
Oh
If you feel a little strange
Bm E A
Please have the memory and keep the change
♫ Verse 5:
A A7
Now I'd live to hide behind a hand
A Bm
It's too late for leaving footprints on the sand
D D
Willing/Chilling is the wine (Gentle as the air)
C#m C#m
I've surrendered to the time (There's a stillness to be shared)
D E A G A
But someone is insisting that they understand
D E A G A
(But someone's disappearing into weird demand)
♫ Chorus:
D E F#m
Oh
If you feel a little strange
Bm E A
Please have the memory and keep the change
♫ Verse 6:
A A7
Now you've heard the story of the skin
A Bm
All the ashtrays have been powdered to the brim
D
I'd only like to fall
C#m
Watching whispers on the wall
D E A G A
But someone's making up the bed and defining sin
♫ Chorus:
D E F#m
Oh
If you feel a little strange
Bm E A
Please have the memory and keep the change Published:
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