Do What I Have To Do Chords by Phil Ochs

Do What I Have To Do chords by Phil Ochs

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



Intro:
Dm G Dm G

Dm              G        Dm             G
All around this country, trouble in the air
    Bb         Am     F       C7
And I hear the voices calling me
        F      Bb       F      Dm
Asking "do you know and do you care?
Bb              C7     F     F7
Do you know and do you care?"

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Bb                       F         F7
So I'm a-gonna do what I have to do
Bb                 F   F7
Say what I have to say
    Bb        Am        F       C7
And I'm gonna be what I have to be
     F             Bb   F        Dm
Now won't you come on along with me?
Bb             C7          F
Won't you come along with me?

Dm                     G     Dm                   G
Don't wanna cause no sorrow, don't wanna cause no pain
    Bb          Am          F       C7
I'm only gonna cause what I have to cause
F          Bb      F       Dm
until this land is free of shame
Bb                C7      F    F7
'til this land is free of shame

Bb                       F         F7
So I'm a-gonna do what I have to do
Bb                 F   F7
Say what I have to say
    Bb        Am        F       C7
And I'm gonna be what I have to be
     F             Bb   F        Dm
Now won't you come on along with me?
Bb             C7          F
Won't you come along with me?

Dm             G        Dm               G
Only one thing I know, I know we're not alone
      Bb      Am     F        C7
Was a million here before we came
     F        Bb        F           Dm
Be a million when we're gone, we're gone
Bb          C7    F   F7
Million when we're gone

Bb                       F         F7
So I'm a-gonna do what I have to do
Bb                 F   F7
Say what I have to say
    Bb        Am        F       C7
And I'm gonna be what I have to be
     F             Bb   F        Dm
Now won't you come on along with me?
Bb             C7          F
Won't you come along with me?

Dm               G         Dm               G
Oh, I'm afraid of trouble, yes I'm afraid of jail
    Bb       Am            F      C7
But I'm more afraid, lord, not to try
     F              Bb            F      Dm
More afraid of what happens now if we fail
     Bb          C7    F   F7
What happens now if we fail

Bb                       F         F7
So I'm a-gonna do what I have to do
Bb                 F   F7
Say what I have to say
    Bb        Am        F       C7
And I'm gonna be what I have to be
     F             Bb   F        Dm
Now won't you come on along with me?
Bb             C7          F
Won't you come along with me?

Credit to John Dachik
I got the Chords from here:
http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/do-what-i-have-to-do.html

Last updated: September 18, 2020

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