Elton John – Postcards From Richard Nixon (Guitar)

CM7                         Gm/C           F/C C
We heard Richard Nixon say, welcome to the U-S-A

    G/B            Am7
The common sense I sometimes lack

    Dm7         G7
Has opened up a seismic crack

      C/E             F          G
We've fallen in and I can't pull back

      Ab          Bb         CM7
And I guess we'll have to stay

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   CM7                             Gm/C        F/C     C
In open arms we put our trust they put us on a big red bus

     G/B             Am7
Twin spirits soaking up a dream

Dm7              G
Fuel to feed the press machine

      C/E             F        G
After years that were long and lean

      Ab      Bb     CM7
We're finally on our way

    Bm7             E7                Am           Am/G
And Richard Nixon's on his knees he's sent so many overseas

             F                         G               CM7
He'd like to know if you and me could help him in some way

         F              D/F#             G    E7/G#   Am
A little camouflage and glue to mask the evil that men do

        F         C/E       Bb   F
A small diversion caused by two, pale kids come to play

    G                           Ab7            Bb  CM7
And we heard Richard Nixon say "welcome to the U-S-A"

CM7                              Gm/C             F/C  C
Neither of us understood the way things ticked in Hollywood

        G/B           Am7
We just loaded in and grabbed the bat

     Dm7             G7
With little room to swing a cat

    C/E                 F           G
And pretty soon we were where it's at

   Ab     Bb        CM7
Or so the papers say

    CM7                            Gm/C             F/C   C
And all around us suntanned teens, beauty like we'd never seen

    G/B              Am7
Our heroes led us by the hand

        Dm7               G7
Through Brian Wilson's promised land

      C/E              F      G
Where Disney's God and he commands

     Ab       Bb        CM7
Both mice and men to stay

    Bm7             E7                Am           Am/G
And Richard Nixon's on his knees he's sent so many overseas

             F                         G               CM7
He'd like to know if you and me could help him in some way

         F              D/F#             G    E7/G#   Am
A little camouflage and glue to mask the evil that men do

        F         C/E       Bb   F
A small diversion caused by two, pale kids come to play

    G                           Ab7            Bb  CM7
And we heard Richard Nixon say "welcome to the U-S-A"

     Eb                    Bb/D         C
In a bright red Porsche on Sunset I saw Steve Mcqueen

             Eb             Bb/D             C
I guess he's just about the coolest guy I've ever seen

        F               D/F#            G                 E7/G#
And for you and me that speeding car is how it's going to be

         Am               D/F#             G       n/c
I see no brakes just open road and lots of gasoline

   C                           Gm/C           F/C C
Oh we heard Richard Nixon say, welcome to the U-S-A

    G/B            Am7
The common sense I sometimes lack

    Dm7         G7
Has opened up a seismic crack

      C/E             F          G7
We've fallen in and I can't pull back

F
Pale kids come to play

    G7                                   Ab7    Bb      CM7
And we heard Richard Nixon say, "I gotta go but you can stay"

F
Pale kids come to play

    G7                                   Ab7    Bb      CM7
And we heard Richard Nixon say, "I gotta go but you can stay"

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