Watergate Blues Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]McGovern said, boys,
I think I'm gonna run
Got a lot of work to be done in Washington
He [G]talked to the poor folks,
the blacks and the youth
[D]Humphrey said, George,
I think you're gonna lose
He said, I want [A]that job my[D]self
Well, there was Kennedy and Wallace
and Muskie in mind
McGovern couldn't seem to
get his ducks all in line
Somebody [G]shot Wallace and Jackson,
he tried
[D]Muskie might have made it,
but he broke down and cried
I'll tell you boys, [A]it's a hard [D]life
But down in Miami,
McGovern got it all
A strange -looking bunch
of folks inside Convention Hall
[G]McGovern said,
I need someone to carry the South
They [D]picked poor Tom Eagleton,
but folks found him out
That liberal press, they gotta [A]know it [D]all
Well, McGovern took Shriver
and he started to run
Sarge said, units, let's have a little fun
They [G]ran into trouble
almost everywhere they went
There [D]was a big committee
to elect the president
I'll tell you now,
they [A]were a smooth [D]group
Well, they broke into Watergate
and tapped people's phones
The FBI and CIA
would not leave folks alone
The [G]people in the White House
were bursting with pride
When [D]the votes were all counted,
it was a big landslide
The USA [A]bought a new used [D]car
Russia and Vietnam and China were cool
The American press,
they could not find any news
So they [G]dug in the Watergate
and the further they went
It seemed [D]as if they might just
run into the President
You know it was [A]a big s[D]hock
Well, there was Hardiman and Gray
and Mitchell and Dean
A whole lot of folks were shakin'
on the White House scene
They [G]patched up the cracks
but the dam broke loose
Water[D]gate was all you
could read in the news
And Nicky said, [A]well, it's news [D]to me
Well, there's Lincoln and Roosevelt
and Truman and I
All turnin' over in their
graves every night
Somehow [G]my mind goes
back to Betsy Ross
[D]Nobody knows what this country has lost
I will repeat, [A]it's a hard [D]life
Well, somewhere in this country
there's a hard -workin' man
Readin' his paper as
he tries to understand
Are [G]there no honest people left anymore?
[D]One night will he hear a pound nun
on his door
If it gets that way, [A]Lord, [D]help us all

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