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PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:21 pm
  

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Presidential Rag Arlo Guthrie

(Am) (pull off and hammer on C-note on B-string)
You said you (C)didn't know
That the (Dm)cats with the bugs were there,
(F) And you'd never (G)go along with that (E7)kind of stuff no(Am)where,
But that just isn't the (C)point, man, that's the (Dm)wrong, wrong way to go,
If (F)you didn't know about (G)that one, well, then (E7)what else don't you (Am)know?

You said that you were (C)lied to, well, (Dm)that ain't hard too see,
(F) But you must have been (G)fooled again by your (E7)friends across the (Am)sea,
And maybe you were (C)fooled again by your (Dm)people here at home,
'Cause (F)nobody could (G)talk like you and (E7)know what's going (Am)on.

Nobody elected your (C)family, and we (Dm)didn't elect your friends,
No one (F)voted for your ad(G)visors, and no(E7)body wants a(Am)mends.
You're the one we (C)voted for, so (Dm)you must take the blame
For (F)handing out au(G)thority to (E7)men who are in(Am)sane.
- Instrumental, two verse lines -

You say it's all fixed (C)up now, you've got (Dm)new guys on the line,
(F) But you had better re(G)member this while (E7)you still got the (Am)time:
Mothers still are (C)weeping for their (Dm)boys that went to war,
(F) And fathers still are (G)asking what the (E7)whole damn thing was (Am)for.

And people still are (C)hungry, (Dm)people still are poor
An (F)honest week of (G)work these days don't (E7)feed the kids no (Am)more.
Schools are still like (C)prisons, 'cause we (Dm)don't learn how to live,
And (F)everybody (G)wants to take, no(E7)body wants to (Am)give.
- Instrumental, two verse lines -

Yes you'll be re(C)membered, be re(Dm)membered very well,
(F) And if I live a (G)long life, oh, the (E7)stories I could (Am)tell
Of men and wars and (C)poverty, of (Dm)sickness and of greed,
Hell (F)yes, you'll be re(G)membered, be re(E7)membered very (Am)well!

You said you (C)didn't know that the (Dm)cats with the bugs were there,
(F) And you'd never go a(G)long with that (E7)kind of stuff no(Am)where,
But that just isn't the (C)point, man, that's the (Dm)wrong, wrong way to go,
If (F)you didn't know about (G)that one, well, then (E7)what else don't you (Am)know?
- Instrumental, two verse lines -

© Arlo Guthrie, All Rights Reserved

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