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

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Verse 1
C 
 (C major) Oh I am just a student, sir
And only want to learn
E 
But it's hard  (E major) to read
C 
 (C major) through the risin' smoke
G 
Of the books that you like  (G major) to burn

Verse 2

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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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
B 
I wish that you'd make up  (B major) your mind
C 
I wish  (C major) that you'd decide
E 
That I  (E major) should live as freely
Am 
C 
G 
 (A minor) As  (C major) those who live out (G major) side
C 
Em 
C 
Cause we also  (C major) are entitled  (E minor) To  the  (C major) rights

Verse 6

to be endowed

And when I've got something to say, sir

I'm gonna say it now

Verse 7
C 
 (C major) Ooh, you'd like to be my father
You'd like to be my Dad
E 
And  (E major) give me kisses
Am 
 (A minor) when I'm good
C 
G 
And spank me  (C major) when I'm  (G major) bad
C 
But  (C major) since I've left my

Verse 8

parents

I've forgotten how to bow

So when I've got something to say, sir

I'm gonna say it now

Verse 9
C 
 (C major) And things they might be different
If I was here alone
Eb 
C 
Am 
But  (E flat major) I've got a  (C major) friend or  (A minor) two
C 
G 
Who  (C major) no longer live at  (G major) home
C 
Em 
C 
 (C major) And we'll respect our eld (E minor) ers  (C major) Just as long

Verse 10
F 
 (F major) 
C 
as they  (C major) allow
G 
C 
 (G major) That  (C major) when I've got something to say, sir
I'm gonna say it now
B 
C 
I've read of other countries  (B major) Where the  (C major) students take

Verse 11
a stand
Eb 
Am 
Maybe  (E flat major) even help to over (A minor) throw
C 
G 
 (C major) The leaders of  (G major) the land
C 
Now  (C major) 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
F 
So keep right on a-talkin' And And tell  (F major) 
C 
us what  (C major) to do
Eb 
C 
If  (E flat major) nobody  (C major) listens
Am 
G 
 (A minor) My  apologies  (G major) to you
C 
And  (C major) I know

Verse 14
that you were younger
Em 
 (E minor) once
C 
F 
C 
 (C major) 'cause you sure  (F major) are older  (C major) now
G 
C 
 (G major) And when I've  (C major) got something to say,
Am 
 (A minor) sir
F 
C 
 (F major) I'm  (C major) gonna say it now
Am 
So I am just a student  (A minor) sir

Verse 15
F 
 (F major) 
C 
And only  (C major) want to learn
Eb 
C 
But it's hard  (E flat major) to read  (C major) through the risin'
smoke
G 
From the books that you like  (G major) to burn