Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
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Oh I am just a student, sir, and only want to learn
E MajorE A minorAm D7D7 G+G
But it's hard to read through the risin' smoke of the books that you like to burn
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So I'd like to make a promise and I'd like to make a vow
C majorC A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
That when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Verse 2:
C majorC A minorAm FF C majorC
Oh you've given me a number and you've taken off my name
E MajorE A minorAm D7D7 G+G
To get around this campus why you almost need a plane
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And you're supporting Chang Kai-Shek, while I'm supporting Mao
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So when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Verse 3:
C majorC A minorAm FF C majorC
I wish that you'd make up your mind, I wish that you'd decide
E MajorE A minorAm D7D7 G+G
That I should live as freely as those who live outside
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Cause we also are entitled to the rights to be endowed
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And when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Verse 4:
C majorC A minorAm FF C majorC
Ooh, you'd like to be my father you'd like to be my Dad
E MajorE A minorAm D7D7 G+G
And give me kisses when I'm good and spank me when I'm bad
C majorC E MajorE A minorAm G+G
But since I've left my parents I've forgotten how to bow
C majorC A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
So when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Verse 5:
C majorC A minorAm FF C majorC
And things they might be different if I was here alone
E MajorE A minorAm D7D7 G+G
But I've got a friend or two who no longer live at home
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And we'll respect our elders just as long as they allow
C majorC A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
That when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Verse 6:
C majorC A minorAm FF C majorC
I've read of other countries where the students take a stand
E MajorE A minorAm D7D7 G+G
Maybe even help to overthrow the leaders of the land
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Now I wouldn't go so far to say we're also learnin' how
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But when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Verse 7:
C majorC A minorAm FF C majorC
So keep right on a-talkin' and tell us what to do
E MajorE A minorAm D7D7 G+G
If nobody listens my apologies to you
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And I know that you were younger once 'cause you sure are older now
C majorC A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
And when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now
Verse 8:
C majorC A minorAm FF C majorC
Oh I am just a student, sir, and only want to learn
E MajorE A minorAm D7D7 G+G
But it's hard to read through the risin' smoke of the books that you like to burn
C majorC E MajorE A minorAm G+G
So I'd like to make a promise and I'd like to make a vow
C majorC A minorAm FF G+G C majorC