Jonathan Coulton - The Presidents Song

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C G C
washington came first and he was perfect ,
C G
john adams had a quasi – war with france
F Am
jefferson made a louisiana purchase
D7 G G7
in 1812 james madison kicked the british in the pants
C G C
james monroe told europe they could suck it
C F
john quincy adams looked just like his dad
F Am
andrew jackson got rid of all the indians
D7 G C
van buren served one term but he wasn’t bad

C G C
william henry harrison died early
C G
john tyler annexed texas from mexico
F Am
james k . polk fought mexico to keep it
D7 G G7
taylor was a mexican war hero
C G C
filmore gave a boat to commodore perry
C F
pierce repealed the missouri compromise
F Am
buchanan saw the civil war’s beginnings
D7 G C
lincoln saved the union , then he died

C G C
andrew johnson just survived impeachment
C G
general grant thought getting drunk was fun
F Am
rutherford B . hayes ended reconstruction
D7 G G7
garfield was assassinated in 1881
C G C
arthur suspended chinese immigration
C F
cleveland made the railroad people squirm
F Am
harrison signed the sherman anti – trust act
D7 G C
grover cleveland served another term 

C G C
mckinley kept the spanish out of cuba
C G
roosevelt was handy with a gun
F Am
taft was big and fat and had a mustache
D7 G G7
wilson kicked some ass in world war i
C G C
harding said let’s laissez – faire with business
C F
coolidge made the roaring 20’s roar
F Am
hoover screwed the pooch in the great depression
D7 G C
roosevelt beat the nazis in the war

C G C
truman dropped the bomb on hiroshima
C G
eisenhower kept the commies well in hand
F Am
kennedy was killed by a magic bullet
D7 G G7
johnson murdered kids in vietnam
C G C
nixon was a sweating filthy liar
C F
ford gave nixon pardon for his crimes
F Am
carter lusted in his heart for peanuts
D7 G C
reagan won the cold war and lost his mind

C G C
george bush senior poked at saddAm hussein
C G
clinton gave an intern a cigar
F Am
w’s rein of terror’s finally over
D7 G G7
obama’s mediocre insofar
C G C
in the year 2010 we’re out of money
C F
somewhere surely freedom’s on the march
F Am
i don’t like to make political statements
D7 G C