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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1858101,"song":"The Day John Kennedy Died","artist":"Lou Reed","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1858101-the-day-john-kennedy-died-chords-by-lou-reed/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1858101?type=chord","rating":4.7,"votes":10,"content":"Lou Reed\r\n\"The Day John Kennedy Died\"\r\n\"Animal Serenade\" (2004)\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dreamed I was the president of these United States[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dreamed I replaced ignorance, stupidity and hate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dreamed the perfect union and a perfect law, undenied[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dreamed that I could do the job that others hadn't done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]     \r\nI dreamed that I was uncorrupt and fair to everyone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dreamed I wasn't gross or base, a criminal on the take[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         \r\nAnd most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, the day John Kennedy died[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, the day John Kennedy died[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         \r\nI remember where I was that day, I was upstate in a bar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         \r\nThe team from the university was playing football on tv[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                          \r\nThen the screen went dead and the announcer said,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"There's been a tragedy...\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"The President's been shot...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"There are now unconfirmed reports...[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"That he may be dead or dying.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                          \r\nTalking stopped, someone shouted, \"What!?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI ran out to the street[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                          \r\nPeople were gathered everywhere saying,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Did you hear what they said on TV?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then a guy in a Porsche with his radio on[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHit his horn and told us the news[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"The president's dead...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nShot twice in the head...[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn Dallas and they don't know by whom.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         \r\nI dreamed I was the president of these United States[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         \r\nI dreamed I was young and smart and it was not a waste[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                           [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         \r\nI dreamed that there was a point to life and to the human race[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                          \r\nI dreamed that I could somehow comprehend that someone[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShot him in the face[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, the day John Kennedy died[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, the day John Kennedy died[/tab]","plain_text":"Lou Reed\n\"The Day John Kennedy Died\"\n\"Animal Serenade\" (2004)\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}