Phil Ochs – The Trial (Guitar)

E
   Outside the cats are scratching

Dm
   Inside the doors are latching

C                   F
   On the room, the greedy gloom

       Dm       G
   The trial is revealed

E
   Police are six feet deep

Dm
   With switchblades in their teeth

      C                      F
   So no one leaves and they all believe

           Dm         G
   This is absolutely real

             Am
   Yes, it's real

       G        Am
   And Fire...

E
   Order in the court

Dm
   People ready for the sport

C                     F
   They squirm and squeak and lick their beaks

       Dm           G
   And grease their feathers down

E
   Everybody rise

Dm
   Judge is here with bathroom eyes

      C               F
   A Grizzly bear, he hugs his chair

        Dm        G
   And the greedy gavel pounds

         Am
   Yes, it pounds

       G        Am
   And Fire...

E
   In the dungeon's falls

Dm   
   Writing appeals upon the wall

      C               F
   And the priest in prayers is not even there

        Dm        G
   So precious is his time

E
   To the stake he's tied

Dm
   The swallows sing the triggers slide

      C               F
   he bids goodbye to the wattery sky

        Dm        G
 that plunges from his mind

        G        Am
   And Fire...