This Old World Is Changing Hands chords by Phil Ochs

THIS OLD WORLD IS CHANGING HANDS
By Phil Ochs, 1964
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Oh, a thousand marching armies and a million marching men
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Have won the wide world over and lost it back again,
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But now the word has gone to ev'ry fallen land,
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That this old world is changing hands.

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From the master to the servant, from the owner to the slave,
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Colonial days are buried in a deep and dirty grave.
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It's so easy to see and well to understand
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That this old world is changing hands.

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Washington and Jefferson and Patrick Henry too,
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They knew what they were doing when they started something new.
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It was in this giant land of ours that it all began
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When this old land was changing hands.

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And when World War Two was rollin' by, the tide was on its way.
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Many countries had to listen to the words they had to say,
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And the word was spread by millions, all of yellow, black, and tan,
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That this old world is changing hands.

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Now Africa and Asia and the Caribbean shore
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No longer can be counted as the spoils of war.
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They were bought and sold together; now together they will stand,
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