C Fm C Fm
Show me a prison, show me a jail,
C Am D G
show me a prisonman whose face is growin' pale.
C Am F Dm
And I'll show you a young man, with many reasons why,
C Am Dm G C F7+ C
And there but for fortune may go you or I. (Mh mh mh mh mh)
C Fm C Fm
Show me an alley, show me a train,
C Am D G
show me a hobo who sleeps out in the rain,
C Am F Dm
And I'll show you young man with many reasons why,
C Am Dm G C F7+ C
and there but for fortune may go you or I.(Mh mh mh mh mh)
C Fm C Fm
Show me the whiskey that stains on the floor,
C Am D G
show me a drunkard as he stumbles out the door,
C Am F Dm
and I'll show you a young man with many reasons why,
C Am Dm G C F7+ C
and there but for fortune may go you or I.(Mh mh mh mh mh)
C Fm C Fm
Show me a country where the bombs had to fall,
C Am D G
show me the ruins of the buildings, once so tall,
C Am F Dm
and I'll show you a young land with so many reasons why,
C Am Dm G C F7+ C
and there but for fortune may go you or I, you or I.