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When I'm Gone Chords

Music by: Phil Ochs · 1966
Genre Folk / World Views 714
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Guitar

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[Intro 1]
[C][C][C][C][C]
[Am][Am][F][Dm][G][G]
[C][G][Am][Am][Dm][G]
[C][C][C][C]

[Verse 1]
There's no [C]place in this world
where I'll be[Am]long when I'm gone
And [Dm]I won't know the right from the wr[G]ong
when I'm gone
And [C]you won't find me [G]singin' on this [Am]song
when I'm gone
So I [Dm]guess I'll have to [G]do it while I'm [C]here

[Verse 2]
And [C]I won't feel the flowing of the t[Am]ime
when I'm gone
All the [Dm]pleasures of love will not be [G]mine
when I'm gone
[C]My pen won't pou[G]r a lyric lin[Am]e
when I'm gone
So I [Dm]guess I'll have to [G]do it while I'm [C]here

[Verse 3]
And [C]I won't breathe the bracing a[Am]ir
when I'm gone
And [Dm]I can't even worry 'bout my ca[G]res
when I'm gone
[C]Won't be ask[G]ed to do my [Am]share
when I'm gone
So I [Dm]guess I'll have to [G]do it while I'm [C]here

[Verse 4]
And [C]I won't be running from the r[Am]ain
when I'm gone
And [Dm]I can't even suffer from the pai[G]n
when I'm gone
[C]Can't say who's to [G]praise and who's to [Am]blame
when I'm gone
So I [Dm]guess I'll have to [G]do it while I'm [C]here

[Verse 5]
[C]Won't see the golden of the sun[Am]
when I'm gone
And the [Dm]evenings and the mornings
will be [G]one when I'm gone
[C]Can't be singing [G]louder than the [Am]guns
when I'm gone
So I [Dm]guess I'll have to [G]do it while I'm [C]here

[Verse 6]
All my [C]days won't be dances of de[Am]light
when I'm gone
And the [Dm]sands will be shifting from my [G]sight
when I'm gone
[C]Can't add my nam[G]e into the fig[Am]ht
while I'm gone
So I [Dm]guess I'll have to [G]do it while I'm [C]here

[Verse 7]
And [C]I won't be laughing at the l[Am]ies
when I'm gone
And [Dm]I can't question how or when or wh[G]y
when I'm gone
[C]Can't live pro[G]ud enough to die[Am]
when I'm gone
So I [Dm]guess I'll have to [G]do it while I'm [C]here

[Verse 8]
There's no [C]place in this world
where I'll be[Am]long when I'm gone
And [Dm]I won't know the right from the wr[G]ong
when I'm gone
And [C]you won't find me [G]singin' on this [Am]song
when I'm gone
So I [Dm]guess I'll have to [G]do it
I [Dm]guess I'll have to [G]do it
I [Dm]guess I'll have to [G]do it while I'm [C]here
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