Тексты песен «Phil Ochs»

Joan Baez Show me a prison, show me a jail Show me a prisoner whose face is growing pale And I'll show you a young man with many reasons why And there but for fortune May go you or I Show me an alley, show me a train...

Intro: G Cm G Cm G Cm G Cm G Cm Show me a prison, show me a jail, G Em Am D Show me a prisoner whose face has gone pale Em...

You've long been on the open road, You've been sleeping in the rain, From dirty words and muddy cells Your clothes are smeared and stained, But the dirty words and muddy cells Will soon be hid in shame So only stop to...

Oh, a thousand marching armies and a million marching men Have won the wide world over and lost it back again, But now the word has gone to ev'ry fallen land, That this old world is changing hands. From the master to...

Time was when a man could live alone A man could build a home, have a family of his own The peaceful years would flow, he could watch his children grow But it was a long time ago. Time was when troubles were few...

Em G D In the state of Mississippi many years ago Am Em A boy of 14 years got a taste of southern law Em G D He saw his friend a hanging and...

And the fruit boats ride on the waves, And the crew will dream of returning Back to the florida waters, For the work of unloading onto the trains. And the ships will dance by the shore, With fruit from venezuela,...

U.s. soldiers are a-dying over there, over there As the status quo remains over there U.s. soldiers are a-dying while their mothers sit home crying It's a crime how they're dying over there. Viet nam, oh viet nam, oh...

Over the ashes of blood marched the civilized soldiers, Over the ruins of the french fortress of a failure Over the silent screams of the dead and the dying Saying please be reassured, we seek no wider war. The...

Pre> C f em Oh you tell me that there's danger to the land you call your own F em am And you watch them build the war machine right beside your home C f em And you tell me that you're ready to go marchin' to the war...

C G D What's that I hear now ringing in my ear G C G D I've heard that sound before C G D What's that I hear now ringing in my ear G C G...

When first unto this country a stanger I came, I fought the revolution, peace and quiet was my aim. When the indians attacked us, at least that's what I'm told, So we threw them off their land with no thought of greed...

Phil Ochs There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone So I guess I'll have to do it...

A In the fire blue forests, faded and forgotten I crawled through the cotton fields, picking for cotton D The overseer sneered, his whipping was rotten A With ecstasy. F#m Im child-like terror I tore out...

Religon! In the town of bethlehem many years ago A man got religion and he changed the staus quo He went around the countryside preaching brotherhood And anyone who heard him, they knew and understood Where there's a...

Oh, where were you in Chicago? You know I didn't see you there I didn't see them crack your head or breathe the tear gas air Oh, where were you in Chicago? When the fight was being fought Oh, where were you in Chicago?...

E C#m A E The pilots playing poker in the cockpit of the plane C#m A F#m The casualties arriving like the dropping of the rain E...

Am CG As I went out one evening to take the evening air F GCF I was blessed by a blood-red moon Dm GAm G In Lincoln Park the dark was turning I spied a fair young maiden and a flame was in her eyes And on her face lay...

Am CG As I went out one evening to take the evening air F GCF I was blessed by a blood-red moon Dm GAm G In Lincoln Park the dark was turning I spied a fair young maiden and a flame was in her eyes And on her face lay...

Pre> Am c g As I went out one evening to take the evening air F g c f I was blessed by a blood-red moon Dm g am g In lincoln park the dark was turning I spied a fair young maiden and a flame was in her eyes And on her...