Joan Baez - There but for fortune
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Capo: 4
Tuning: E A D G B E
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There but for Fortune - Joan Baez
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Written by: Phil Ochs
From: "5" (1963)
Now on: "The Best of the Vanguard Years"
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo 4th fret
Play: G
Key: Bb
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In order to get the voicings right, there are two different "G" fingerings used here:
E-A-D-G-B-e
G 3-5-5-4-3-3
G* 3-x-0-0-0-3
[Intro]
G* Cm/G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|
B|----0-----------|----------0-----|----4-----------|----------4-----|
G|----------0-----|----------------|----------5-----|--------------5-|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
G Cm/G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|
B|----3-----------|----------3-----|----4-----------|----------4-----|
G|----------4-----|--------------x-|----------5-----|--------------5-|
D|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
[Verse]
G Cm/G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|
B|----3-----------|----------3-----|----4-----------|----------4-----|
G|----------4-----|--------------x-|----------5-----|--------------5-|
D|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
G Cm/G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|
B|----3-----------|----------3-----|----4-----------|------4---4-----|
G|----------4-----|--------------x-|----------5-----|--------------5-|
D|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
G Em
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----3-----------|----------3-----|----0-----------|0---------0-----|
G|----------4-----|--------------x-|----------0-----|------0---------|
D|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A|----------------|----------------|--------2-------|--------2-------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|0---------------|0---------------|
A D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----2-----------|0h2-------2-----|
B|----2-----------|2---------2-----|----------3-----|------3---------|
G|----------2-----|------2---------|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
D|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|0---------------|0---------------|
A|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|--------0-------|
E|--------0-------|--------0-------|----------------|----------------|
G* Em
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-----------|0---------0-----|----0-----------|0---------0-----|
G|----------0-----|------0---------|----------0-----|------0-------0-|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A|----------------|----------------|--------2-------|--------2-------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|0---------------|0---------------|
C Am
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----1-----------|1---------1-----|----1-----------|0h1-------1-----|
G|----------0-----|------0---------|----------2-----|------2---------|
D|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A|3---------------|3---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
E|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
Bm Em
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----3-----------|3---------3-----|----0-----------|0---------0-----|
G|----------4-----|------4---------|----------0-----|------0---------|
D|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A|2---------------|2---------------|--------2-------|--------2-------|
E|--------2-------|--------2-------|0---------------|0---------------|
A D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|0---------------|----2-----------|0h2-------2-----|
B|----2-----------|----------2-----|----------3-----|------3---------|
G|----------2-----|------2---------|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
D|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|0---------------|0---------------|
A|0---------------|0---------------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
E|--------0-------|--------0-------|----------------|----------------|
G* Cm/G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|
B|----0-----------|----------0-----|----4-----------|----------4-----|
G|----------0-----|--------------0-|----------5-----|--------------5-|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
G | After last verse
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|3---------------| |3---------------|
B|----3-----------|----------3-----| |----------------|
G|----------4-----|--------------x-| |----------------|
D|----5-------5---|----5-------5---| |----------------|
A|----------------|----------------| |----------------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------| |3---------------|
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[Intro]
| G | G | Cm/G | Cm/G |
| G | G | Cm/G | Cm/G |
[Verse 1]
GShow me the Cm/Gprison, Gshow me the Cm/Gjail
GShow me the Emprisoner, whose Alife has gone Dstale
And I'll Gshow you, young Emman,
With so Cmany reasons Amwhy
Bm Em A D | G | G | Cm/G | Cm/G | G | G |
There but for fortune, go you or I ... mh mh
[Verse 2]
GShow me the Cm/Galley, Gshow me the Cm/Gtrain
GShow me the Emhobo, who Asleeps out in the Drain
And I'll Gshow you, young Emman,
With so Cmany reasons Amwhy
Bm Em A D | G | G | Cm/G | Cm/G | G | G |
There but for fortune, go you or I ... mh mh
[Verse 3]
GShow me the Cm/Gwhiskey Gstains on the Cm/Gfloor
GShow me the Emdrunkard, as he Astumbles out the Ddoor
And I'll Gshow you, young Emman
With so Cmany reasons Amwhy
Bm Em A D | G | G | Cm/G | Cm/G | G | G |
There but for fortune, go you or I ... mh mh
[Verse 4]
GShow me the Cm/Gcountry, where the Gbombs had to Cm/Gfall
GShow me the Emruins of the Abuildings, once so Dtall
And I'll Gshow you, young Emland
With so Cmany reasons Amwhy
BmThere but for Emfortune, go Ayou andD I ... you and I
[Coda]
| G | G | Cm/G | Cm/G | G | G | G
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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
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