Phil Ochs – Jim Dean Of Indiana (Guitar)
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By Phil Ochs
[Intro]
Bm A Bm Esus4
[Verse 1]
A D Bm E It was on an Indiana farm in the middle of the country D G F#m C#m Esus4 Growin' in the fields of grain, Jim Dean of Indiana
[Verse 2]
A D Bm E His mother died when he was a boy, his father was a stranger D G F#m C#m Esus4 Marcus Winslow took him in, nobody seemed to want him A D Bm E The hired man sang like a storm, sometimes he'd beat him D G F#m C#m Esus4 'Cause he would never do the chores, he was lost in dreaming
[Verse 3]
A D Bm E He never seemed to find a play with the flatlands and the farmers D G F#m C#m Esus4 So he had to leave one day, he said to be an actor A D Bm E Once he'd come back to the farm with starlets from the stages D G F#m C#m Esus4 They locked themselves inside his room, the people turned their faces
[Verse 4]
A D Bm E A neighbor ran from the movie house, chickens they were scattered D G F#m C#m Esus4 He swore he saw upon the screen, Jim Dean of Indiana A D Bm E He played a boy without a home, torn with no tomorrow D G F#m C#m Esus4 Reaching out to touch someone, a stranger in the shadow
[Verse 5]
A D Bm E The Winslows left for the movie town, they drove across the country D G F#m C#m Esus4 They hoped that he would stay around and they hoped he would be friendly A D Bm E He talked to them for half an hour but he was busy racing D G F#m C#m Esus4 He left for the Grapevine Road, they left for Indiana
[Verse 6]
A D Bm E Then Marcus heard on the radio that a movie star was dying D G F#m C#m Esus4 He turned the tuner way down low, so Ortense could go on sleeping A D Bm E It was not until they reached the farm where the hired man was waiting D G F#m C#m Esus4 The wind rushed silent through the grain, it was just as they had told him
[Outro]
A D Bm E They buried him just down the road, a mile from the farm house D G F#m C#m Esus4 That is where I placed a flower for Jim Dean of Indiana.