{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1708980,"song":"Automation Song","artist":"Phil Ochs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11360021-automation-song-chords-by-phil-ochs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1708980?type=chord","rating":4.70812,"votes":7,"content":"Automation Song\r\n\r\nBy Phil Ochs\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Am7[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh I laid down your railroads, every mile of track.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]B7[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nWith the muscles on my arm and the sweat upon my back.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd now the trains are rolling, they roll to every shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou tell me that my job is through, there ain't no work no more.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough I laid down your highways all across the land.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the ringing of the steel and the power of my hands.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd now the roads are there like ribbons in the sky,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou tell me that my job is through but still I wonder why.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFor the wages were low and the hours were long[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd the labour was all I could bear.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNow you've got new machines for to take my place[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am7[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd you tell me it's not mine to share.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough I laid down your factories and laid down your fields,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith my feet on the ground and my back to your wheels.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd now the smoke is rising, the steel is all a-glow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm walking down a jobless road and where am I to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n(repeat)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell me, where am I to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\nNotes:\r\n\r\nChords supplied by James Barnett","plain_text":"Automation Song\n\nBy Phil Ochs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(repeat)\n\n\n\nNotes:\n\nChords supplied by James Barnett","chords":["G","B7","Em","Am7","D7","G7","C","A7","D","Bm","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}