The Presidents

C               G                
Washington came first and he was 
C
perfect,
C                                  
John Adams kept us out of war with 
G
France
F                          Am
Jefferson made a Louisiana Purchase
D7                               
In 1812 James Madison kicked the 
G              G7
British in the pants
C                 G              
James Monroe told Europe they 
   C
could suck it
C                                 
John Quincy Adams looked just like
     F
 his Dad
F                                 
Andrew Jackson got rid of all the 
C        Am
Indians
    D7               G         
Van Buren served one term but he 
         C
wasn't bad

C             G             C
William Henry Harrison died early
     C                            G
John Tyler annexed Texas from Mexico
F                              Am
James K. Polk fought Mexico to keep 
it
D7                         G    G7
Taylor was a Mexican War hero
C              G                 
Filmore gave a boat to Commodore 
C
Perry
C                          
Pierce repealed the Missouri 
        F
Compromise
  F                         
Buchanan saw the Civil War's 
   C         Am
beginnings
D7                G              
Lincoln saved the Union, then he 
C
died

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C              G          
Andrew Johnson just survived 
     C
impeachment
C                                 
General Grant thought getting 
      G
drunk was fun
F                       
Rutherford B. Hayes ended 
       Am
reconstruction
D7                           G  G7
Garfield was assassinated in 1881
C                G           C
Arthur suspended Chinese immigration
C                                  
Cleveland made the railroad people 
F
squirm
F                         
Harrison signed the Sherman 
       C          Am
Anti-Trust Act
D7               G              C
Grover Cleveland served another term

C                 G              
McKinley kept the Spanish out of 
C
Cuba
C                          G
Roosevelt was handy with a gun
F                            
Taft was big and fat and had a 
  Am
mustache
D7                                
Wilson kicked some ass in World 
  G  G7
War I
C                  G             
Harding said let's laissez-faire 
     C
with business
C                              F
Coolidge made the roaring 20's roar
F                             
Hoover screwed the pooch in the 
          C         Am
Great Depression
D7                 G            C
Roosevelt beat the Nazis in the war

C                  G           C
Truman dropped the bomb on Hiroshima
C                                 
Eisenhower kept the commies well 
  G
in hand
F                             Am
Kennedy was killed by a magic bullet
D7                           G   G7
Johnson murdered kids in Vietnam
C           G               C
Nixon was a sweating filthy liar
C                            
Ford gave Nixon pardon for his 
  F
crimes
F                            
Carter lusted in his heart for 
  C       Am
peanuts
D7             G                 
Reagan won the Cold War and lost 
    C
his mind

C                  G              
George Bush senior poked at Saddam 
 C
Hussein
C                          G
Clinton gave an intern a cigar
F                            Am
W's rein of terror's finally over
D7                          G   G7
Obama's pretty excellent so far
    C                 G           
The year two-thousand nine we're 
      C
out of money
C                                 
Somewhere surely freedom's on the 
F
march
F                            
I don't like to make political 
  C           Am
statements
D7          G           C