If A Song Could Be President chords by Over The Rhine

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro:
G+G


Verse 1:
G+G
If a song could be president

We'd hum on Election Day
            A minorAm      D MajorD
The gospel choir would start to sway
           G+G
And we'd all have a part to play
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The First Lady would free her hips

Pull a microphone to her lips
            A minorAm        D MajorD
Break our hearts with rhythm and blues
          G+G
Steve Earle would anchor the news
         C majorC
We'd vote for a melody
           G+G
Pass it around on an MP3
            D MajorD  D7D7
All our best foreign policy
          G+G   G7G7
Would be built on harmony
          C majorC
If a song could be president
          G+G
We'd fly a jukebox to the moon
             D MajorD
All our founding fathers 45's
            C majorC     D MajorD
Lightnin' Hopkins and Patsy Cline
          G+G
If a song could be president

Verse 2:
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If a song could be president

We could all add another verse
            A minorAm   D MajorD
Life would teach us to rehearse
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Till we found a key change
         E minorEm
Break out of this minor key

Half truths and hypocrisy
           A minorAm          D MajorD
We wouldn't need an underachiever-in-chief
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If a song could be president
            C majorC
We'd make Neil Young a Senator
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Even though he came from Canada
          D MajorD    D7D7
Emmy Lou would be Ambassador
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World leaders would listen to her
               C majorC
They would show us where our country went wrong
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Strum their guitars on the White House lawn
             D MajorD D MajorD
John Prine would run the FBI
             C majorC      D MajorD
All the criminals would laugh and cry
          G+G
If a song could be president

Outro:
C majorC   G+G   D MajorD   C majorC D MajorD G+G
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