Phil Ochs – The Doll House (Guitar)

D           G         D
Lost in the valley of vaults/dolls/Oz(?)

G             D            G        D
Fell from the path, it was nobody's fault

     Bm      A 
That I was alone.

D    G                D
Time dripped from the trees

G                     - D
Left through the nail           (I leapt through a lamp/land/lap/laugh(?) (?))

  G          D     G          A
I fell to my knees before the throne

                  Bm           G            Bm
And the crown was covered jewels, sparkling schools

              A
The beautiful fauns/falls/(?)

    G                      A
The magnificent battle was fought

        Bm         G                A
And Cinderella's soldier fish was caught

        Bm            A
And the lady from the lake

    Bm              A
Who helped me to escape

G            Em      A
Led me to myself at last

         Em              A            Bm         /A/D
Though I danced with the dolls in the doll house

G   D      G            D
The flower fled from my feet,

G          D                 G           D
Tom Sawyer voice through the hole of the key,

Bm        A
Landed so gently.

D         G            D
Castles cover the cave,

G        D           G            D
I had no choice, the visions were brave

        Bm            A
And the phantoms were friendly,

    Bm               G
And Pirate Jenny was dancing for pennies,

    Bm                       A
The knucklebones tossed in a spin,

           G                   A
There were silver songs on her skin.

    Bm                G                  A
And she wasn't caring when the ship came in.

        Bm            A
And the lady from the lake

    Bm              A
Who helped me to escape

G            Em      A
Led me to myself at last

         Em              A            Bm         /A/D
Though I danced with the dolls in the doll house

   D       G              D
My costume dropped to the floor,

G        D                G         D
Naked at last, I couldn't fight any-more,

        Bm          A
And the service was rendered.

   D   G             D     G          D
A poem fell from the wine, buried the past.

    G          D            Bm          A
The future was mine and the present sur-rendered.

        Bm               G
And the ballet master is beckoning faster,

    Bm            A             G                 A
The ballerina was posed, in the fragile beauty we froze.

    Bm              G               A
Let go, let go, let go, let go, let go.

        Bm            A
And the lady from the lake

    Bm              A
Who helped me to escape

G            Em      A
Led me to myself at last

         Em              A            Bm         /A/D
Though I danced with the dolls in the doll house