Intro: G Cm G Cm G Cm
G Cm G Cm
Show me a prison, show me a jail,
G Em Am D
Show me a prisoner whose face has gone pale
Em C Am
And I\u2019ll show you a young man with so many reasons why
Bm G Am D
And there but for fortune, may go you or I
Show me the alley, show me the train,
Show me a hobo who sleeps out in the rain,
And I\u2019ll show you a young man with so many reasons why
There but for fortune, may go you or go I \u2014 you and I.
Show me the whiskey stains on the floor,
Show me the dunken man as he stumbles out the door,
And I\u2019ll show you a young man with so many reasons why
There but for fortune, may go you or go I \u2014 you and I.
[Extra verse\u2026 written by Noel Paul Stookey]
Show me the famine, show me the frail
Eyes with no future that show how we failed
And I\u2019ll show you the children with so many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I.
Show me the country where bombs had to fall,
Show me the ruins of buildings once so tall,
And I\u2019ll show you a young land with so many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or go I \u2014 you and I.
You and I,
There but for fortune, go you or go I \u2014 you and I.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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