Phil Ochs – Miranda (Guitar Acoustic)

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[Intro] E D E D [Verse 1]
E                D
Do you have a problem

           E                      D
Would you like someone to solve them

           E                D              B7
Would you like someone to share in your misery?

 E  A                  G              A               G
Now, I don't know the answer, But I know a flamenco dancer

           A               G                 B7
Who will dance for you if you will dance for me
[Chorus]
                E  A  E
Her name's Miranda

          F#m               B7
She's a Rudolph Valentino fan

         F#m                 B7
And she doesn't claim to understand

            A               B7           E
She bakes brownies for the boys in the band
[Verse 2]
E                 D
Early Sunday morning

          E                  D
When the sermon lines are forming

        E                   D               B7
And Saturday night is the memories that it gave

E  A                 G           A               G
She is busy in the pantry, far away from Elmer Gantry

        A               G               B7
Who is busy baking souls that he may save
[Chorus]
                         E  A E
Everybody's soul but Miranda

           F#m              B7
She's a Rudolph Valentino fan

          F#m                  B7
And she doesn't claim to understand

            A                B7            E
She bakes brownies for the boys in the band
[Verse 3]
E                        D
The dice of death are calling

            E                   D
While the truck of time is falling

         E                 D                   B7
By the thumb stuck out on the highway of the years

E  A                 G                    A                  G
The tollgate at the turnpike, Is ignored by those who hitch-hike

         A               G              B7
And the Howard Johnson food is made of fear
[Chorus]
              E  A E
But not Miranda

          F#m               B7
She's a Rudolph Valentino fan

         F#m                 B7
And she doesn't claim to understand

            A                B7           E
She bakes brownies for the boys in the band
[Verse 4]
E                      D
The sun burnt skin is peeling

        E                  D
On the doctors who are healing

           E                D               B7
And the license plates are laughing on the car

E  A                G         A             G
The pain is so exciting, and everyone's inviting

        A                G           B7
You to look upon their operation scars
[Chorus]
              E  A E
But not Miranda

           F#m              B7
She's a Rudolph Valentino fan

          F#m                    B7
And she doesn't claim to understand

            A               B7            E
She bakes brownies for the boys in the band
[Verse 5]
 E                      D
The condiments are clashing

        E                        D
While commercial planes are crashing

         E           D               B7
And the music of the evening is so sweet

E  A                G             A                     G
Now fully in agreement Oh, their feet have found the cement

           A             G                  B7
And they all believe the signs along the street
[Chorus]
                E  A E
Her name's Miranda

          F#m               B7
She's a Rudolph Valentino fan

         F#m                 B7
And she doesn't claim to understand

            A                B7           E
She bakes brownies for the boys in the band
[Verse 6]
E                           D
In the bar we're gin and scotching

       E               D
While the FBI is watching

         E               D            B7
They are tape recording every other word

E A                 G            A                   G
The bartender is bleeding pardon me, I just was leaving

        A          G              B7
As another clever voice repeats absurd
[Chorus]
             E  A E
But not Miranda

           F#m              B7
She's a Rudolph Valentino fan

          F#m                    B7
And she doesn't claim to understand

            A               B7            E
She bakes brownies for the boys in the band...[END]
[Repeat Verse 1]
E                D
Do you have a problem

           E                      D
Would you like someone to solve them

           E                D              B7
Would you like someone to share in your misery?

 E  A                  G              A               G
Now, I don't know the answer, But I know a flamenco dancer

           A               G                 B7
Who will dance for you if you will dance for me
[Chorus]
             E  A E
Her name's Miranda

           F#m              B7
She's a Rudolph Valentino fan

          F#m                    B7
And she doesn't claim to understand

            A               B7            E
She bakes brownies for the boys in the band...[END]