Misc Cartoons – Animaniacs - The Presidents Song (Guitar)
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To the tune of "William Tell Overture."
[Intro]
A D Heigh ho, do you know, D the names of the U.S. residents who D then became the presidents, D and got a view from the White House loo of A Pennsylvania Avenue?
[Verse 1]
D George Washington was the first, you see, A he once chopped down a cherry tree. D A President number two would be John Adams D and then number three.
[Verse 2]
G Tom Jefferson stayed up to write D the Declaration late at night, G so he and his wife had a great big fight D G and she made him sleep on the couch all night.
[Bridge 1]
Em James Madison never had a son, Em then he fought the war of 1812. Em James Monroe's colossal nose D was bigger than Pinocchio's!
[Verse 3]
G John Quincy Adams was number six, D and it's Andrew Jackson's butt he kicked. G So Jackson learns to play politics, D G next time he's the one that the country picks.
[Bridge 1]
Em Martin Van Buren, number eight, Em for a one-term shot as chief of state. Em William Harrison, how do you praise, D that guy was dead in thirty days!
[Verse 4]
G John Tyler, he liked country folk, D and after him came President Polk. G Zachary Taylor liked to smoke, D G his breath killed friends whenever he spoke.
[Bridge 2]
D G D 1850, really nifty, Millard Fillmore's in, G D young and fierce was Franklin Pierce, the man without a chin.
[Verse 5]
G Follows next a period spannin' D four long years with James Buchanan. G Then the south start shootin' cannon, D G and we've got a civil war.
[Interlude]
D A war! G D A war down south in Dixie!
[Verse 6]
G Up to bat comes old Abe Lincoln, D there's a guy who's really thinkin'. G Kept the United States from shrinkin' D G Saved the ship of state from sinkin'.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 7]
G Andrew Jackson's next, C G he had some slight defects. D G Congress each, would impeach, A D and so the country now elects,
[Verse 8]
G Ulysses Simpson Grant, C G who would scream and rave and rant, D G while drinking whiskey, although risky, A D 'cause he'd spill it on his pants.
[Bridge 2]
D G D It's 1877 and the democrats would gloat, D G D but they're all amazed when Rutherford Hayes wins by just one vote.
[Verse 9]
G James Garfield, someone really hated, D 'cause he was assassinated. G Chester Arthur gets instated, D G four years later he was traded
[Bridge 1]
Em for Grover Cleveland, really fat, Em elected twice as a democrat. Em Then Benjamin Harrison after that, D it's William McKinley up to bat.
[Verse 10]
G Teddy Roosevelt charged up San Juan Hill, D and President Taft, he got the bill. G In 1913 Woodrow Wiiiillll- D G son takes us into World War One.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 11]
D Warren Harding, next in line A it's Calvin Coolidge, he does fine, D and then in 1929, A D the market crashes and we find
[Verse 12]
G It's Herbert Hoover's big debut, D he gets the blame and loses to G Franklin Roosevelt, president who D G helped us win in World War Two.
[Bridge 1]
Em Harry Truman, weird little human, Em serves two terms and when he's done Em it's Eisenhower who's got the power D from '53 to '61.
[Verse 13]
G John F. Kennedy, he gets shot, D so Lyndon Johnson takes his spot. G Richard Nixon, he gets caught, D G and Gerald Ford fell down a lot.
[Bridge 1]
Em Jimmy Carter liked campaign trips, Em and Ronald Reagan's speeches' scripts Em all came from famous movie clips, D and President Bush said, "Read my lips."
[Verse 14]
G Now in Washington D.C., D it's democrats and the G.O.P. G But the ones in charge are plain to see, D G the Clintons, Bill and Hillary.
[Verse 15]
C The next president to lead the way, G well, it just might be yourself one day. C A7 Then the press'll distort everything you say, G C so jump in your plane and fly away!