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This Old World Is Changing Hands chords by Phil Ochs

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

 Chord diagramD MajorD                                   Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramD MajorD
From the master to the servant, from the owner to the slave,
                                   Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramA augmentedA
Colonial days are buried in a deep and dirty grave.
Chord diagramD MajorD                            Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD
It's so easy to see and well to understand
              Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramD MajorD
That this old world is changing hands.

 Chord diagramD MajorD                           Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD
Washington and Jefferson and Patrick Henry too,
                                         Chord diagramE MajorE                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
They knew what they were doing when they started something new.
  Chord diagramD MajorD                          Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramD MajorD
It was in this giant land of ours that it all began
              Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramD MajorD
When this old land was changing hands.

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

 Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramD MajorD
Now Africa and Asia and the Caribbean shore
                             Chord diagramE MajorE            Chord diagramA augmentedA
No longer can be counted as the spoils of war.
  Chord diagramD MajorD                                            Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD
They were bought and sold together; now together they will stand,
              Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramD MajorD

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