Phil Ochs
Outside of a Small Circle of Friends
This song is pretty easy to play, although the switch Am > Eb > Cm > F is pretty easy to
stuck up on. Either way, enjoy.
C D C D
Look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed.
C Am F G
They 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 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
Ridin' down the highway, yes my back is getting stiff.
C Am F G
Thirteen cars have piled up they're hanging on a cliff.
E Am
Maybe we should pull them back with our towing-chain,
F 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 Panthers and the poor.
C Am 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 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
There's a dirty paper using sex to make a sale
C Am 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 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 Am F
G
But a friend of ours was captured; and they gave gim thirty years.
E Am
Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why;
F Dm G
But demonstrations are a drag, besides we're much too high.
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
Look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed.
C Am F G
They 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 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.
