There But For Fortune

"there but for fortune" artist : phil ochs ( later covered and popularized by joan baez ) album : there but for fortune ( compilation ) 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 C Am and i’ll show you a young man with so many reasons why Bm G Am D and there but for fortune , may go you or i show me the alley , show me the 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 , may go you or go i - - you and i . show me the whiskey stains on the floor , show me the drunken man as he stumbles out the door , and i’ll show you a young man with so many reasons why there but for fortune , may go you or go i - - you and i . [ extra Verse written by noel paul stookey : ] show me the famine , show me the frail eyes with no future that show how we failed and i’ll show you the children with so many reasons why there but for fortune , go you or i . show me the country where bombs had to fall , show me the ruins of buildings once so tall , and i’ll show you a young land with so many reasons why there but for fortune , go you or go i - - you and i . you and i , there but for fortune , go you or go i - - you and i .