The President's Dead Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]The president's [A]dead, the radio said,
[Em]Dear friends, is it no[G]t so horri[A]ble?
A shot through my [Em]heart,
like a knife right through [G]bread,
The newspaper [A]said
the presid[D]ent's dead.

[Verse 2]
The sea doesn't [A]dry and
the sky isn't split,
[Em]But friends it just seems so[G] wrong,
don't [A]it?
A shot from the crowd,
[Em]and a shot in the head[G],
The president's ly[A]ing on
[D]the tarmac dead.
He's lying [A]face down

[Verse 3]
with his
black-dressed agents
agent[Em]s
Guns drawn running [G]around
and the early [A]Obit's
Say he was a good man,
[Em]you can't argue with that
[G]Not today you can't,[A] not now you can[D]'t.

[Verse 4]
In the media [A]tent where
they spin and they slant,
[Em]They just foam the m[G]outh and
they chant at the [A]bit,
Those bloodsuckers [Em]can wait until those vulture's cool [G]in,
The newscaster [A]said,

[Verse 5]
"The President's dead."
[D]Let's imagine the[A] way,
let's say 30 years in[Em],
How somebody will say,
[G]"What you wer[A]e doing when...?"
On a beautiful day,
[Em]I was waking up and[G]
I was lying in [A]bed with my girl[D]friend
And the eggs on the plate,
[A]and the bacon hissin'
[Em]And the coffee was great[G],

[Verse 6]
there was spring on the wind.
[A]If you don't live through a day
[Em]for the littlest things,[G]
And the littlest [A]ways made
you feel you [D]were blessed
If you died right [A]then,
well you know you'd be missed,
[Em]But there's no better state
[G]to cease to exist[A]
And you wouldn't feel sad,
[Em]and you wouldn't resist
[G]Cause you knew what you had,
[A]and were thankful for it[D]
In your own little [A]way,

[Verse 7]
I'm a small quiet man
[Em]I've got no wars to win,[G]
I don't have a big plan
[A]But I love my new place,
[Em]and I love my old frie[G]nds
And I scrimp and I save,
[A]and one day I'll have kid[D]s.

[Verse 8]
I can truthfully [A]say that
my day was like that,
[Em]'Til the radio playi[G]ng on
the stand by [A]the bed
Fired out this [Em]report and
in 3 words they said,
[G]Like three shots to my hea[A]d,
"The [D]Pres[A] id[Em] ent[G]'s[D][A][Em][G][D]
[A][Em][G]
[D]Dea[A]d."[Em]

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