That Was The President chords by Phil Ochs

Intro:

E A E G#m
C#m F#m B

Verse 1:
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Oh, the bullets of the false revenge have struck us once again
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As the angry seas have struck upon the sand
       E                  A                    E             G#m
And it seemed as though a friendless world had lost itself a friend
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That was the President and that was the man

Verse 2:
      E                 A                 E             G#m
Oh, I still can see him smiling there and waving at the crowd
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As he drove through the music of the band
    E          A               E             G#m
And never even knowing no more time would be allowed
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Not for the President and not for the man

Verse 3:
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Here's a memory to share, here's a memory to save
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Of the sudden early ending of command
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Yet a part of you and a part of me is buried in his grave
C#m                        B            E
That was the President and that was the man

Verse 4:
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It's not only for the leader that the sorrow hits so hard
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There are greater things I'll never understand
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How a man so filled with life, even death was caught off guard
C#m                        B            E
That was the President and that was the man

Verse 5:
     E                   A        E                 G#m
Everything he might have done and all he could have been
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Was proven by the troubled traitor's hand
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For what other death could wound the hearts of so many men?
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That was the President and that was the man

Verse 6:
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Yes, the glory that was Lincoln's never died when he was slain
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It's been carried over time and time again
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And to the list of honor you may add another name
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That was the President and that was the man
C#m                        B            E
That was the President and that was the man