Chords with lyrics
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
G+G
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:
G+G
If a song could be president
We could all add another verse
A minorAm D MajorD
Life would teach us to rehearse
G+G
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
G+G
If a song could be president
C majorC
We'd make Neil Young a Senator
G+G
Even though he came from Canada
D MajorD D7D7
Emmy Lou would be Ambassador
G+G
World leaders would listen to her
C majorC
They would show us where our country went wrong
G+G
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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