I'm Going to Say It Now
I'm Going to Say It Now

I'm Going to Say It Now easy guitar chords by Phil Ochs

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Fret 1

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  • C

  • E

  • G

  • Eb

    6

  • B

    2

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  • Em

  • F

  • C

  • E

  • G

  • Eb

    6

  • B

    2

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    • Verse 1
    Oh I 
    am just 
    a student, 
    sir 

    And only 
    want 
    to learn 

    But it's hard 
    to read 

    through the risin' 
    smoke 

    Of the books 
    that you like 
    to burn 

    Verse 2
    So I'd 
    like to make 
    a prom
    ise 

    And 
    I'd like 
    to make 
    a 
    vow 

    That 
    when 
    I've 
    got something 
    to say, sir 

    I'm 
    gonna say 
    it now 

    Verse 3
    Oh 
    you've given 
    me 
    a number 

    And 
    you've taken 
    off 
    my name 

    To get 
    around 
    this campus 

    Why, 
    you 
    almost 
    need 
    a plane 

    Verse 4
    And you're 
    supporting 
    Chang 
    Kai-Shek 

    While 
    While I'm 
    supporting 
    Mao 

    So 
    when 
    I've 
    got something 
    to say, sir 

    I'm 
    gonna say 
    it now 

    Verse 5
    I wish 
    that you'd 
    make up 
    your mind 

    I wish 
    that you'd 
    decide 

    That 
    I 
    should live 
    as freely 

    As 
    those 
    who live 
    out
    side 

    Cause 
    we also 
    are 
    entitled 
    To 
    the 
    rights 
    Verse 6

    to be 
    endowed 

    And 
    when 
    I've 
    got something 
    to say, 
    sir 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    say it 
    now 

    Verse 7
    Ooh, you'd 
    like to 
    be my 
    father 

    You'd 
    like to 
    be my Dad 

    And 
    give me 
    kisses 

    when I'm good 

    And spank 
    me 
    when I'm 
    bad 

    But 
    since 
    I've left my 
    Verse 8
    parents 

    I've 
    for
    gotten 
    how to 
    bow 

    So when 
    I've got 
    something to 
    say, sir 

    I'm 
    gonna say 
    it now 

    Verse 9
    And things 
    they might 
    be different 

    If I 
    was here 
    alone 

    But 
    I've got 
    a 
    friend 
    or 
    two 

    Who 
    no longer 
    live 
    at 
    home 

    And we'll 
    respect 
    our eld
    ers 
    Just as long 
    Verse 10

    as they 
    allow 

    That 
    when I've 
    got something 
    to say, 
    sir 

    I'm 
    gonna say 
    it now 

    I've read 
    of other 
    countries 
    Where 
    the 
    students 
    take 
    Verse 11

    a stand 

    Maybe 
    even help 
    to over
    throw 

    The leaders 
    of 
    the 
    land 

    Now 
    I wouldn't 
    go 
    Verse 12
    so far 
    to say 

    We're also 
    learnin' 
    how 

    But 
    when I've 
    got something 
    to say, 
    sir 

    I'm 
    gonna say 
    it now 

    Verse 13
    So keep 
    right 
    on a-talkin' 
    And 
    And tell 

    us what 
    to do 

    If 
    nobody 
    listens 

    My 
    apologies 
    to 
    you 

    And 
    I know 
    Verse 14
    that you 
    were younger 

    once 

    'cause you sure 
    are older 
    now 

    And 
    when I've 
    got something 
    to say, 

    sir 

    I'm 
    gon
    na say 
    it now 

    So 
    I 
    am just 
    a student 
    sir 
    Verse 15

    And only 
    want 
    to learn 

    But it's hard 
    to read 
    through the risin' 

    smoke 

    From the books 
    that you like 
    to burn 

    Verse 16
    So I'd 
    like to make 
    a promise 

    And I'd like 
    to make 
    a 
    vow 

    That 
    when I've 
    got something 
    to say, 
    sir 

    I'm 
    gonna say 
    it now 

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