Do What I Have to Do chords by Phil Ochs

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
[intro: ] All around this  (D major) 
country,
Am 
D 
 (A minor) trouble in the  (D major) air
F 
Em 
C 
And  (F major) I  hear the  (E minor) voices calling  (C major) me
F 
C 
F 
Asking "do you  (F major) know and do you  (C major) care?  (F major) 
G 
C 
Do you know an (G major) d  do you  (C major) care?"
F 
C 
So  (F major) I'm a-gonna do do what I  (C major) have to do
F 
C 
Say  (F major) what I have to say  (C major) 
F 
Em 
F 
C 
And  (F major) I'm gonna  (E minor) be  what I  (F major) have to  (C major) be
G 
C 
F 
 (G major) Now  (C major) won't you come  (F major) on
C 
F 
along  (C major) with me?  (F major) 
C 
Won't you come along with  (C major) me?
Am 
 (A minor) 

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Verse 2

Don't want to cause no sorrow

Don't want to cause no pain

I'm only gonna cause what

I have to cause

Until this land is free of shame

'til this land is free of shame

Verse 3
F 
C 
So  (F major) I'm a-gonna do do what I  (C major) have to do
F 
C 
Say  (F major) what I have to say  (C major) 
F 
Em 
C 
And  (F major) I'm gonna  (E minor) be  what I have to  (C major) be
F 
Now won't you come  (F major) on
C 
F 
along with  (C major) me?  (F major) 
C 
Won't you come along  (C major) with me?

Verse 4
Am 
D 
 (A minor) Only one thing  (D major) I  know,
Am 
D 
 (A minor) I   know we're not alone  (D major) 
F 
Em 
F 
C 
Was  (F major) a  million here  (E minor) be  fore  (F major) we came  (C major) 
F 
C 
Be a million  (F major) when we're  (C major) gone,
F 
we're gone  (F major) 
C 
Million  (C major) when we're gone

Verse 5
F 
C 
So  (F major) I'm a-gonna do do what I  (C major) have to do
F 
C 
 (F major) Say what I have to say  (C major) 
F 
Em 
F 
And  (F major) I'm gonna be  (E minor) what I  (F major) have to be
G 
C 
 (G major) Now  (C major) won't you come
F 
C 
F 
 (F major) on along  (C major) with me?  (F major) 
C 
Won't you come along  (C major) with me?

Verse 6
Am 
D 
 (A minor) Oh, I'm afraid of  (D major) trouble,
Am 
D 
 (A minor) yes I'm afraid of  (D major) jail
F 
Em 
F 
C 
 (F major) But I'm more afraid, lord,  (E minor)  (F major) not to try  (C major) 
F 
More afraid of what  (F major) happens,
C 
F 
now,  (C major) if we fail  (F major) 
C 
What happens now  (C major) if we fail

Verse 7
F 
C 
So  (F major) I'm a-gonna do do what I  (C major) have to do
F 
C 
 (F major) Say what I have to say  (C major) 
F 
C 
Em 
C 
And  (F major) I'm gonna  (C major) be  (E minor) what I  (C major) have to be
F 
C 
Now won't you come  (F major) on along  (C major) with me?
C 
Won't you come along  (C major) with me?