Keep The Change chords by Phil Ochs

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: A

♫ Verse 1:
A                A7
Now I'd like to lay here in the night
A               Bm
Now I'd like to linger in the light
D
Wishing not to move
    C#m
I have nothing left to prove
  D       E       A   G A
But did I hear you asking was it wrong or right

♫ Chorus:
D     E       F#m
Oh
If you feel a little strange
    Bm     E         A
Please have the memory and keep the change


♫ Verse 2:
A             A7
Now I'd like to hover in a hole
A                 Bm
Where silence is the singer of the soul
D
I have no games to play
     C#m
I have no lines to say
  D        E      A G   A
But someone's taking surveys on a passion poll

♫ Chorus:
D     E       F#m
Oh
If you feel a little strange
    Bm     E         A
Please have the memory and keep the change


♫ Verse 3:
A               A7
Pretending every worry has all gone
A               Bm
Now I'd like to drift into the dawn
D                    D
As simple as it seems          (Pleasures are endowed)
     C#m               C#m
Changing thoughts around to dreams   (Lying lazy as a cloud)
D         E       A  G  A
But did I hear the stifling of a sleepless yawn

♫ Chorus:
D     E       F#m
Oh
If you feel a little strange
    Bm     E         A
Please have the memory and keep the change


♫ Verse 4:
A              A7
Now I'd like to dangle in a dream
A                Bm
A cavalier who's courting to the queen
D                   D
Hopelessly insane         (As tender as the trees)
    C#m             C#m
Running ragged through the rain  (I only wish to please)
D            E      A G  A
But someone's directing lovers on a silver screen

♫ Chorus:
D     E       F#m
Oh
If you feel a little strange
    Bm     E         A
Please have the memory and keep the change


♫ Verse 5:
A               A7
Now I'd live to hide behind a hand
A                      Bm
It's too late for leaving footprints on the sand
D                  D
Willing/Chilling is the wine    (Gentle as the air)
   C#m                      C#m
I've surrendered to the time    (There's a stillness to be shared)
D       E          A G A
But someone is insisting that they understand
  D       E         A   G A
  (But someone's disappearing into weird demand)

♫ Chorus:
D     E       F#m
Oh
If you feel a little strange
    Bm     E         A
Please have the memory and keep the change


♫ Verse 6:
A                 A7
Now you've heard the story of the skin
A                     Bm
All the ashtrays have been powdered to the brim
D
I'd only like to fall
     C#m
Watching whispers on the wall
D       E           A G   A
But someone's making up the bed and defining sin

♫ Chorus:
D     E       F#m
Oh
If you feel a little strange
    Bm     E         A
Please have the memory and keep the change