There But For Fortune Joan Baez

There But For Fortune

Joan Baez

Catherine

111
0:00 3:11
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: Bb
Capo:
Fret 3
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| G | Cm/G | G | Cm/G |

[Verse 1]
G               Cm/G G               Cm/G G
 Show me the prison, show me the jail
               Em          A             D
Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale
        G                 Em         C             Am
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
    Bm            Em         A
But there but for fortune go you or I,
D   G Cm/G G
 hmm

[Verse 2]
G              Cm/G G                Cm/G G
 Show me the alley, show me the train
              Em     A                     D
Show me the hobo who sleeps out in the rain
        G                 Em         C             Am
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
    Bm            Em         A
But there but for fortune go you or I,
D   G Cm/G G
 hmm

[Verse 3]
G                Cm/G      G            Cm/G G
 Show me the whiskey stains on the floor
                 Em        A                    D
Show me the drunkard as he stumbles out the door
        G                 Em         C             Am
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
    Bm            Em         A
But there but for fortune go you or I,
D   G Cm/G G
 hmm

[Verse 4]
G                 Cm/G              G           Cm/G G
 Show me the country where the bombs had to fall
              Em              A            D
Show me the ruins of the buildings once so tall
        G                 Em          C             Am
And I'll show you a young land with so many reasons why
    Bm            Em         A
But there but for fortune go you and I,
D
 you and I

[Outro]
    | G | Cm/G | G |

Bars

[Intro]
| G | Cm/G | G | Cm/G |

[Verse 1]
| G  | Cm/G | G | Cm/G |
| G  | Em   | A | D    |
| G  | Em   | C | Am   |
| Bm | Em   | A | D    |
| G  | Cm/G | G |

Show me the prison, show me the jail
Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
But there but for fortune go you or I,
hmm

[Verse 2]
                  | G  |
| Cm/G | G | Cm/G | G  |
| Em   | A | D    | G  |
| Em   | C | Am   | Bm |
| Em   | A | D    | G  |
| Cm/G | G |

Show me the alley, show me the train
Show me the hobo who sleeps out in the rain
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
But there but for fortune go you or I,
hmm

[Verse 3]
           | G  | Cm/G |
| G | Cm/G | G  | Em   |
| A | D    | G  | Em   |
| C | Am   | Bm | Em   |
| A | D    | G  | Cm/G |
| G |

Show me the whiskey stains on the floor
Show me the drunkard as he stumbles out the door
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
But there but for fortune go you or I,
hmm

[Verse 4]
       | G  | Cm/G | G |
| Cm/G | G  | Em   | A |
| D    | G  | Em   | C |
| Am   | Bm | Em   | A |
| D    |

Show me the country where the bombs had to fall
Show me the ruins of the buildings once so tall
And I'll show you a young land with so many reasons why
But there but for fortune go you and I,
you and I

[Outro]
    | G | Cm/G | G |

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