Phil Ochs – A Year To Go By (Guitar)

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Chords

[Verse 1]
C        Em
  Here I am

C               Em
  10 years have I

C          Am            F              G
  Watch me run, watch me play, watch me cry

F             C
  Time has no time

F              C 
  The world is mine

       C        Am          F          G
And it takes 10 years for a year to go by
Fm Em G [Verse 2]
C        Em
  Here I am

C      Em
  Now 21

C               Am         F                G
  Learned all I need for a life that’s just begun

F           C
  I know the rules

F             C
  Old men are fools

       C       Am          F          G
And it takes 7 years for a year to be done
[Verse 3]
C        Em
  Here I am

C       Em
  Past 42

C            Am          F           G
  All that I know now if only then I knew

F            C
  Tricked by time

F       C
  Now I find

        C            Am         F          G
That it takes just a year for a year to be through
[Verse 4]
C        Em
  Here I am

C           Em 
  As old as old

C                       Am    F                     G
  All sayings have been said, All stories have been told

F           C
  Taught by time

F              C
  The greatest crime is to

C                Am          F        G
Live less than a year when a year has unrolled
[Outro]
F             Em          G        C
  Less than a year when a year has unrolled