Jonathan Coulton – The Presidents (Guitar)

C               G                C
Washington came first and he was perfect,

C                                  G
John Adams kept us out of 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                                 C        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Pierce repealed the Missouri Compromise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                            C         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                                C          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                                       C         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                              C       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 pretty excellent so far

    C                 G                 C
The year two-thousand nine we're out of money

C                                 F
Somewhere surely freedom's on the march

F                              C           Am
I don't like to make political statements