{"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":56216,"song":"James K Polk","artist":"They Might Be Giants","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/56216-james-k-polk-chords-by-they-might-be-giants/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/56216?type=chord","rating":4.83461,"votes":32,"content":"Artist: They Might Be Giants\r\nSong: James K. Polk\r\nAlbum: Factory Showroom\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G/B[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F/A[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn eighteen forty-four, the Democrats were split[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G/B[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F/A[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe three nominees for the presidential candidate[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWere Martin Van Buren, a former president and an abolitionist[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJames Buchanan, a moderate[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D/C[/ch]  [ch]D/B[/ch]  [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nLouis Cass, a general and expansionist[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom Nashville came a dark horse riding up[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G/B[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F/A[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAustere, severe, he held few people dear[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G/B[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F/A[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHis oratory filled his foes with fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe factions soon agreed He's just the man we need To bring about victory[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFulfill our manifest destiny[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D/C[/ch]  [ch]D/B[/ch]  [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nAnd annex the land the Mexicans command[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when the votes were cast the winner was[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMister James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D/C[/ch]  [ch]D/B[/ch]  [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G/B[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F/A[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn four short years he'd met his every goal[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G/B[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F/A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe seized the whole southwest from Mexico[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMade sure the tariffs fell And made the English sell the Oregon territory[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe built an independent treasury[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D/C[/ch]  [ch]D/B[/ch]  [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nHaving done all this he sought no second term[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut precious few have mourned the passing of[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMister James K. Polk, our eleventh president[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYoung Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump[/tab]","plain_text":"Artist: They Might Be Giants\nSong: James K. Polk\nAlbum: Factory Showroom\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nC  G  C  F     C  F  G\nC  F  G\nC  F  G  Am    D  D/C  D/B  D/A\nC  F  C  F     G\nC  Am F  G     C  F  C  G\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["C","G/B","F/A","G","F","Am","D","D/C","D/B","D/A"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}