• Song:

    There But For Fortune

  • Artist:

    Peter Paul and Mary

  • Album:

    Songs of Conscience & C...

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C               Fm         C               Fm
Show me the prison, show me the jail,
    C           Am          D               G
Show me the prisoner who's life has gone stale,
           C           Am              F            Dm
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
      Em         Am        D        G            C
There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I.
C               Fm         C               Fm
Show me the alley, show me the train,
    C           Am          D               G
Show me the hobo who sleeps out in the rain,
           C           Am              F            Dm
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
      Em         Am        D        G            C
There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I.
C               Fm         C               Fm
Show me the whisky stains on the floor,
    C           Am          D               G
Show me the dunkard as he stumbles out the door,
           C           Am              F            Dm
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
      Em         Am        D        G            C
There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I.
C               Fm         C               Fm
Show me the famine, show me the frail
    C           Am          D               G
Eyes with no future that show how we failed
           C           Am              F            Dm
And I'll show you the children with so many reasons why
      Em         Am        D        G            C
There but for fortune, go you or I.
C               Fm         C               Fm
Show me the country where bombs had to fall,
    C           Am          D               G
Show me the ruins of buildings once so tall,
           C           Am              F            Dm
And I'll show you a young land with so many reasons why
      Em         Am        D        G            C
There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I.
G       C
You and I,
      Em         Am        D        G            C
There but for fortune, go you or go I -- you and I.
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