Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends
Phil OchsVersion1
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Look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed.
They dragged her to the bushes, and now she's being stabbed.
Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain.
But Monopoly is so much fun, I'd hate to blow the game,
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
outside of a small circle of friends.
Ridin' down the highway, yes my back is getting stiff.
Thirteen cars have piled up they're hanging on a cliff.
Maybe we should pull them back with our towing-chain,
But we gotta move, and we might get sued, and it looks like it's gonna rain.
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
outside of a small circle of friends.
Sweating in the ghetto with the Panthers and the poor.
The rats have joined the babies who are sleeping on the floor.
Now wouldn't it be a riot if they really blew their tops,
But they got too much already, and besides we got the cops.
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
outside of a small circle of friends.
There's a dirty paper using sex to make a sale
The Supreme Court was so upset they sent him off to jail
Maybe we should help the fiend and take away his fine,
But we're busy reading Playboy and The Sunday New York Times.
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
outside of a small circle of friends.
Smoking Marijuana is more fun than drinking beer,
But a friend of ours was captured; and they gave gim thirty years.
Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why;
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.
Look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed.
They dragged her to the bushes, and now she's being stabbed.
Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain.
But Monopoly is so much fun, I'd hate to blow the game,
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
outside of a small circle of friends.
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Readable chord sheet for Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends by Phil Ochs
[C]Look outside the w[D]indow, there's a w[C]oman being g[D]rabbed.
They dr[C]agged her to the bu[Am]shes, and n[F]ow she's being stab[G]bed.
[E]Maybe we should call the cops and [Am]try to stop the pain.
But Mo[F]nopoly is so much fun, I'd h[Dm]ate to blow the ga[G]me,
And I'm s[C]ure it wouldn't i[Am]nterest an[Eb]ybody
outs[Cm]ide of a small circle of f[F]riends.
[C]Ridin' down the hig[D]hway, yes my bac[C]k is getting sti[D]ff.
Thir[C]teen cars have pi[Am]led up they're han[F]ging on a cli[G]ff.
Ma[E]ybe we should pull them back w[Am]ith our towing-chain,
[F] [Dm]
B[G]ut we gotta move, and we might get sued, and it looks like it's gonna rain.
And I'm s[C]ure it wouldn't i[Am]nterest an[Eb]ybody
outs[Cm]ide of a small circle of f[F]riends.
[C]Sweating in the gh[D]etto with the Pan[C]thers and the po[D]or.
The ra[C]ts have joined the [Am]babies who are sleep[F]ing on the flo[G]or.
Now woul[E]dn't it be a riot if they real[Am]ly blew their tops,
But they g[F]ot too much already, and bes[Dm]ides we got the co[G]ps.
And I'm s[C]ure it wouldn't i[Am]nterest an[Eb]ybody
outs[Cm]ide of a small circle of f[F]riends.
[C]There's a dirty p[D]aper using se[C]x to make a s[D]ale
The Su[C]preme Court was [Am]so upset they se[F]nt him off to j[G]ail
Maybe [E]we should help the fiend and ta[Am]ke away his fine,
But we're b[F]usy reading Playboy and The Su[Dm]nday New York Ti[G]mes.
And I'm s[C]ure it wouldn't i[Am]nterest an[Eb]ybody
outs[Cm]ide of a small circle of f[F]riends.
[C]Smoking Marij[D]uana is more f[C]un than drinking b[D]eer,
[C] [Am] [F]
[G]But a friend of ours was captured; and they gave gim thirty years.
May[E]be we should raise our voices, ask som[Am]ebody why;
But demons[F]trations are a drag, bes[Dm]ides we're much too h[G]igh.
And I'm s[C]ure it wouldn't i[Am]nterest an[Eb]ybody
outs[Cm]ide of a small circle of f[F]riends.
[C]Look outside the w[D]indow, there's a w[C]oman being g[D]rabbed.
They dr[C]agged her to the bu[Am]shes, and n[F]ow she's being stab[G]bed.
[E]Maybe we should call the cops and [Am]try to stop the pain.
But Mo[F]nopoly is so much fun, I'd h[Dm]ate to blow the ga[G]me,
And I'm s[C]ure it wouldn't i[Am]nterest an[Eb]ybody
outs[Cm]ide of a small circle of f[F]riends.