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Phil Ochs    Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends written By Phil Ochs

C                D                C            D           
Look outside the window  there's a woman being grabbed
        C                  Em         F               G
They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed
E                                 Am
Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain
    F           Am               Dm               G 
But Monopoly is so much fun  I'd hate to blow the game
        C                Am       Eb 
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Cm                            F
Outside of a small circle of friends
C               D               C               D 
Riding down the highway  yes my back is getting stiff
C                 Em         F                    G
Thirteen cars are piled up   they're hanging on a cliff
E                              Am 
Maybe we should pull them back with our towing chain
       F                 Am                    Dm                    G
But we gotta move and we might get sued and it looks like it's gonna
rain
        C                Am       Eb 
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Cm                           F 
Outside of a small circle of friends
C               D              C                D
Sweating in the ghetto with the colored and the poor
    C                    Em             F               G
The rats have joined the babies who are sleeping on the floor
E                                 Am
Now wouldn't it be a riot if they really blew their tops
         F            Am          Dm                 G
But they got too much already and besides we got the cops
        C                Am       Eb
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Cm                           F
Outside of a small circle of friends
             C           D         C         D
Oh there's a dirty paper using sex to make a sale
C                    Em              F                G
The Supreme Court was so upset   they sent him off to jail
E                                  Am
Maybe we should help the fiend and take away his fine
          F            Am              Dm              G
But we're busy reading Playboy and the Sunday New York Times
        C                Am       Eb
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Cm                           F
Outside of a small circle of friends
C       D                 C                D
Smoking marijuana is more fun than drinking beer  
      C                  Em                F               G
But a friend of ours was captured and they gave him thirty years
E                                 Am
Maybe we should raise our voices   ask somebody why
           F             Am     Dm                     G  
But demonstrations are a drag   besides we're much too high

And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody

Outside of a small circle of friends
C                D                C            D           
Look outside the window  there's a woman being grabbed
        C                  Em         F               G
They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed
E                                 Am
Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain
    F           Am               Dm               G 
But Monopoly is so much fun  I'd hate to blow the game
        C                Am       Eb 
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Cm                            F
Outside of a small circle of friends

From Phil Ochs "Pleasures of the Harbor"
A & M Records 1967
Barricade Music(ASCAP)


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