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[Verse 1] [G]Sho[Cm]w me [G]a [Cm]priso[G]n,[Cm] [G]show me a j[Cm]ail, G Em [G]Am D Show me [Em]a prisoner [Am]whose face has gone [D]pale Em C Am And [Em]I'll show you a young man [C]with so many reason[Am]s why Bm G Am D [Bm]And there but for [G]fortune, may [Am]go you or I[D][G] Show me [Cm]the alley, [G]show me the[Cm] train,[G] Show me a [Em]hobo who [Am]sleeps out in the [D]rain, And [Em]I'll show you a young man [C]with so many reas[Am]ons why [Bm]There but for fort[G]une, may [Am]go you or go I[D] -- [G]you and I. Show me [Cm]the whiskey[G] stains on [Cm]the floor,[G] Show me [Em]the dunken man as [Am]he stumbles out th[D]e door, And I'll [Em]show you a young man [C]with so many reas[Am]ons why [Bm]There but for fort[G]une, may [Am]go you or go I[D] -- you and I. [Extra verse... written by [G]Noel Paul Stookey] Show me [Cm]the famine, show me the frail Eyes with no future that show how we failed And I'll show you [G]the children with so many reasons why There but for fortune, go you or I. Show me the country where [Cm]bombs had to f[G]all, Show me the [Em]ruins [Am]of buildings once [D]so tall, And [Em]I'll show you a young land [C]with so many reas[Am]ons why [Bm]There but for fort[G]une, [Am]go you or go I[D] -- you and I. You and I, There but for fortun [G]e, go you or go I -- you and I.
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