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Do What I Have To Do
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Phil Ochs
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Intro: Dm G Dm G
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Dm G Dm G
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All around this country, trouble in the air
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Bb Am F C7
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And I hear the voices calling me
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F Bb F Dm
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Asking "do you know and do you care?
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Bb C7 F F7
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Do you know and do you care?"
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Bb F F7
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So I'm a-gonna do what I have to do
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Bb F F7
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Say what I have to say
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Bb Am F C7
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And I'm gonna be what I have to be
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F Bb F Dm
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Now won't you come on along with me?
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Bb C7 F
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Won't you come along with me?
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Don't want to cause no sorrow
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Don't want to cause no pain
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I'm only gonna cause what I have to cause
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Until this land is free of shame
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'til this land is free of shame
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So I'm a-gonna do what I have to do
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Say what I have to say
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And I'm gonna be what I have to be
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Now won't you come on along with me?
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Won't you come along with me?
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Only one thing I know, I know we're not alone
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Was a million here before we came
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Be a million when we're gone, we're gone
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Million when we're gone
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So I'm a-gonna do what I have to do
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Say what I have to say
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And I'm gonna be what I have to be
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Now won't you come on along with me?
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Won't you come along with me?
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Oh, I'm afraid of trouble, yes I'm afraid of jail
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But I'm more afraid, lord, not to try
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More afraid of what happens, now, if we fail
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What happens now if we fail
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So I'm a-gonna do what I have to do
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Say what I have to say
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And I'm gonna be what I have to be
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Now won't you come on along with me?
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Won't you come along with me?
Phil Ochs — When I'm Gone
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