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

Verse 1:
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Oh I am just a student, sir, and only want to learn
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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
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That when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now

Verse 2:
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Oh you've given me a number and you've taken off my name
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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:
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I wish that you'd make up your mind, I wish that you'd decide
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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:
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Ooh, you'd like to be my father you'd like to be my Dad
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And give me kisses when I'm good and spank me when I'm bad
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But since I've left my parents I've forgotten how to bow
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So when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now

Verse 5:
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And things they might be different if I was here alone
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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
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That when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now

Verse 6:
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I've read of other countries where the students take a stand
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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:
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So keep right on a-talkin' and tell us what to do
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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
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And when I've got something to say, sir, I'm gonna say it now

Verse 8:
  C      Am        F      C
Oh I am just a student, sir, and only want to learn
     E            Am         D7           G
But it's hard to read through the risin' smoke of the books that you like to burn
    C       E        Am       G
So I'd like to make a promise and I'd like to make a vow
     C           Am    F     G   C