{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1715933,"song":"The Presidents","artist":"Jonathan Coulton","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11362529-the-presidents-chords-by-jonathan-coulton/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1715933?type=chord","rating":4.81772,"votes":4,"content":"CAPO 1\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWashington came first and he was perfect,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJohn Adams kept us out of war with France[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJefferson made a Louisiana Purchase[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nIn 1812 James Madison kicked the British in the pants[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJames Monroe told Europe they could suck it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJohn Quincy Adams looked just like his Dad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAndrew Jackson got rid of all the Indians[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nVan Buren served one term but he wasn't bad[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWilliam Henry Harrison died early[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJohn Tyler annexed Texas from Mexico[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJames K. Polk fought Mexico to keep it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTaylor was a Mexican War hero[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFilmore gave a boat to Commodore Perry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPierce repealed the Missouri Compromise[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBuchanan saw the Civil War's beginnings[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLincoln saved the Union, then he died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAndrew Johnson just survived impeachment[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGeneral Grant thought getting drunk was fun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRutherford B. Hayes ended reconstruction[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nGarfield was assassinated in 1881[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nArthur suspended Chinese immigration[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCleveland made the railroad people squirm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHarrison signed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGrover Cleveland served another term
[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMcKinley kept the Spanish out of Cuba[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRoosevelt was handy with a gun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTaft was big and fat and had a mustache[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWilson kicked some ass in World War I[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHarding said let's laissez-faire with business[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCoolidge made the roaring 20's roar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHoover screwed the pooch in the Great Depression[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoosevelt beat the Nazis in the war[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTruman dropped the bomb on Hiroshima[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEisenhower kept the commies well in hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKennedy was killed by a magic bullet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nJohnson murdered kids in Vietnam[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNixon was a sweating filthy liar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFord gave Nixon pardon for his crimes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCarter lusted in his heart for peanuts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nReagan won the Cold War and lost his mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGeorge Bush senior poked at Saddam Hussein[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nClinton gave an intern a cigar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nW's rein of terror's finally over[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nObama's pretty excellent so far[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe year two-thousand nine we're out of money[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSomewhere surely freedom's on the march[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't like to make political statements[/tab]\r\n[ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"CAPO 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD7          G           C","chords":["C","G","F","Am","D7","G7","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}