Phil Ochs
Outside of a Small Circle of Friends


This song is pretty easy to play, although the switch Am > Eb > Cm > F is pretty easy to 
stuck up on.  Either way, enjoy.

C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)               C (x32010@1)         DLook (xx0232@1)outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed.
       C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)                GThey (320003@1)dragged her to the bushes, and now she's being stabbed.
E (022100@1)                               AmMaybe (x02210@1)we should call the cops and try to stop the pain.
      F (133211@1)                         Dm (xx0231@1)              GBut (320003@1)Monopoly is so much fun, I'd hate to blow the game,
         C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)      EbAnd (x43121@3)I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
    Cm (x3101x@1)                      Foutside (133211@1)of a small circle of friends.


C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)             C (x32010@1)             DRidin' (xx0232@1)down the highway, yes my back is getting stiff.
    C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)              F (133211@1)          GThirteen (320003@1)cars have piled up they're hanging on a cliff.
  E (022100@1)                           AmMaybe (x02210@1)we should pull them back with our towing-chain,
        F (133211@1)                                 Dm (xx0231@1)                       
 GBut (320003@1)we gotta move, and we might get sued, and it looks like it's gonna rain.
         C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)      EbAnd (x43121@3)I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
    Cm (x3101x@1)                      Foutside (133211@1)of a small circle of friends.


C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)             DSweating (xx0232@1)in the ghetto with the Panthers and the poor.
      C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)                F (133211@1)           GThe (320003@1)rats have joined the babies who are sleeping on the floor.
        E (022100@1)                           AmNow (x02210@1)wouldn't it be a riot if they really blew their tops,
          F (133211@1)                         Dm (xx0231@1)              GBut (320003@1)they got too much already, and besides we got the cops.
         C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)      EbAnd (x43121@3)I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
    Cm (x3101x@1)                      Foutside (133211@1)of a small circle of friends.


C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)          DThere's (xx0232@1)a dirty paper using sex to make a sale
      C (x32010@1)             Am (x02210@1)            F (133211@1)            GThe (320003@1)Supreme Court was so upset they sent him off to jail
      E (022100@1)                            AmMaybe (x02210@1)we should help the fiend and take away his fine,
           F (133211@1)                           Dm (xx0231@1)            GBut (320003@1)we're busy reading Playboy and The Sunday New York Times.
         C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)      EbAnd (x43121@3)I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
    Cm (x3101x@1)                      Foutside (133211@1)of a small circle of friends.


C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)               DSmoking (xx0232@1)Marijuana is more fun than drinking beer,
        C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)               F (133211@1)             
GBut (320003@1)a friend of ours was captured; and they gave gim thirty years.
   E (022100@1)                                   AmMaybe (x02210@1)we should raise our voices, ask somebody why;
          F (133211@1)                     Dm (xx0231@1)                 GBut (320003@1)demonstrations are a drag, besides we're much too high.
         C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)      EbAnd (x43121@3)I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
    Cm (x3101x@1)                      Foutside (133211@1)of a small circle of friends.


C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)               C (x32010@1)         DLook (xx0232@1)outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed.
       C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)                GThey (320003@1)dragged her to the bushes, and now she's being stabbed.
E (022100@1)                               AmMaybe (x02210@1)we should call the cops and try to stop the pain.
      F (133211@1)                         Dm (xx0231@1)              GBut (320003@1)Monopoly is so much fun, I'd hate to blow the game,
         C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)      EbAnd (x43121@3)I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
    Cm (x3101x@1)                      Foutside (133211@1)of a small circle of friends.