• Song:

    The Presidents Song

  • Artist:

    Jonathan Coulton

CAPO 1
C5               G5               C5
Washington came first and he was perfect,
C5                               G5
John Adams had a quasi-war with France
F5                          A5
Jefferson made a Louisiana Purchase
D5                               G5              G5
In 1812 James Madison kicked the British in the pants
C5                 G5                 C5
James Monroe told Europe they could suck it
C5                                      F5
John Quincy Adams looked just like his Dad
F5                                 A5
Andrew Jackson got rid of all the Indians
    D5               G5                  C5
Van Buren served one term but he wasn't bad

C5             G5             C5
William Henry Harrison died early
     C5                            G5
John Tyler annexed Texas from Mexico
F5                              A5
James K. Polk fought Mexico to keep it
D5                         G5    G5
Taylor was a Mexican War hero
C5              G5                 C5
Filmore gave a boat to Commodore Perry
C5                                  F5
Pierce repealed the Missouri Compromise
  F5                            A5
Buchanan saw the Civil War's beginnings
D5                G5              C5
Lincoln saved the Union, then he died

C5              G5               C5
Andrew Johnson just survived impeachment
C5                                       G5
General Grant thought getting drunk was fun
F5                              A5
Rutherford B. Hayes ended reconstruction
D5                           G5  G5
Garfield was assassinated in 1881
C5                G5           C5
Arthur suspended Chinese immigration
C5                                  F5
Cleveland made the railroad people squirm
F5                                A5
Harrison signed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
D5               G5              C5
Grover Cleveland served another term

C5              G5               C5
McKinley kept the Spanish out of Cuba
C5                          G5
Roosevelt was handy with a gun
F5                              A5
Taft was big and fat and had a mustache
D5                                  G5  G5
Wilson kicked some ass in World War I
C5                  G5                  C5
Harding said let's laissez-faire with business
C5                              F5
Coolidge made the roaring 20's roar
F5                                       A5
Hoover screwed the pooch in the Great Depression
D5                 G5            C5
Roosevelt beat the Nazis in the war

C5                  G5           C5
Truman dropped the bomb on Hiroshima
C5                                   G5
Eisenhower kept the commies well in hand
F5                             A5
Kennedy was killed by a magic bullet
D5                           G5   G5
Johnson murdered kids in Vietnam
C5           G5               C5
Nixon was a sweating filthy liar
C5                              F5
Ford gave Nixon pardon for his crimes
F5                              A5
Carter lusted in his heart for peanuts
D5             G5                     C5
Reagan won the Cold War and lost his mind

C5                  G5               C5
George Bush senior poked at Saddam Hussein
C5                          G5
Clinton gave an intern a cigar
F5                            A5
W's rein of terror's finally over
D5                   G5  G5
Obama's mediocre insofar
       C5      G5               C5
In the year 2010 we're out of money
C5                                 F5
Somewhere surely freedom's on the march
F5                              A5
I don't like to make political statements
D5          G5           C5
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