Phil Ochs – My Life (Guitar)

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[Intro] G C D C G C [Verse 1]
D  G C G           D
My life was once a joy to me

      D7            D              G C G
Never knowing I was growing every day

D  G C G           D
My life was once a toy to me

      D7            D              Em
And I wound it and I found it ran away

Am                                              G
So I raced through the night, with a face at my feet

                                                F
Like a god I would write, all the melodies were sweet, and the women were white

               E        E7             D
It was easy to survive, my life was so alive
[Verse 2]
D  G C G           D
My life was once a flag to me

      D7            D                  G C G
And I waved it and behaved like I was told

D  G C G           D
My life was once a drag to me

      D7            D            Em
And I loudly and I proudly lost control

Am                                       G
I was drawn by a dream, I was loved by a lie

                                      F
Every serf on the scene, begged me to buy, but I slipped through the scheme

             E    E7                  D
So lucky to fail, my life was not for sale
[Verse 3]
D  G C G           D
My life is now a myth to me

      D7                   D                G C G
Like the drifter, with his laughter in the dawn

D  G C G           D
My life is now a death to me

      D7            D                      Em
So I'll mold it and I'll hold it 'til I'm born

Am                                           G
So I turned to the land, where I'm so out of place

                                              F
Throw a curse on the plan, in return for the grace, to know where I stand

                  E             E7            D
Take everything I own, take your tap from my phone

                  C
And leave my life alone

        G
My life alone