There But for Fortune Chords

Lyrics & chords

[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.