There But For Fortune (chromatic)

by Phil Ochs, Joan Baez · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE chromatic
By: Phil Ochs
Joan Baez
Key: G

 -4  -4 -3   -3  3    -4  -4 -3  3 
Show me the pris-on, show me a jail
 -4  -4 -4    4  -4 -3
Show me the pris-on-er 
  3    -3   2    3    -2*
whose life has grown stale
-3   -3   -4  -4 -3  -3    3
And I'll show you a young man
 -3  -4  4 -4  -3   3  -3
With so man-y reas-ons why
-3    -5  -5  -5  -5   3
And there but for for-tune, 
3  -3  23 -2* -4-3 3
go you or  I   Mm  hm


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

Show me the whiskey stains on the floor
Show me a drunk as he stumbles out the door
And I'll show you a young man
With many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I

Show me a country where the bombs had to fall
Show me the ruins of buildings so tall
And I'll show you a young land
With many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I
You or I

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