There But For Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Gm][D][Gm]
[D]

[Verse 1]
[D]Show [Gm]me a prison[G],
[D]sho[Gm]w me a jail,
G Em [D]Am D
Show [Bm]me a prisoner w[Em]hose
face has gone pale
Em [A]C Am
And [Bm]I'll show you a young [G]man
with so many reas[Em]ons why
[F#m]Bm G Am D
And there [D]but for fortune,
[Em]may go you o[A]r [D]I
Show [Gm]me the alley,
[G]sho[D]w me the[Gm] train,[D]
Show me a [Bm]hobo who
[Em]sleeps out in the [A]rain,
And [Bm]I'll show you a young [G]man with
so many reason[Em]s wh[F#m]y
There but [D]for fortune,
[Em]may go you o[A]r go I -[D]- you and I.
Show me [G]the [Gm]whiskey stains on [D]the floor,
[Gm][D]
Show [Bm]me the dunken man as
[Em]he stumbles out th[A]e door,
And [Bm]I'll show you a young [G]man with
so many reason[Em]s wh[F#m]y
There but [D]for fortune,
[Em]may go you or go I -- you and I.
[Extra verse... written by
Noel [A]Paul Stookey]
Show me the famine, show me the frail
Eyes [D]with no future
that show how we failed
[G]And [Gm]I'll show you the children
with so many reasons why
There but for fortune, go [D]you or I.
Show me the country where
[Gm]bombs had to [D]fall,
Show me [Bm]the ruins of
[Em]buildings once so [A]tall,
And [Bm]I'll show you a young land with
[G]so many reason[Em]s wh[F#m]y
There [D]but for fortun[Em]e,
go you [A]or [D]go I -- you and I.
You and I,
There but for fortune,
go you or go I -- you and I.