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Presidential Silver Lining by John Craigie
Presidential Silver Lining
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:1st fret
[intro] (spoken)
"This song was written two days after the 2016 Presidential election. My tour
started that day and I was
trying to find some humor, or silver lining, to remind my audience not to give up
hope. If you listen to the
song, you'll hear that I never even mention the president's name nor the current
state of things, but rather,
how as artists, many of us are more inspired when times are tough. Or as I say in
the song, "Artists are
better when they're bummed.” It continues to get the biggest response of the
show."
[Intro 2]
G G C7 G
N.C.
I just got up on stage and this is what I said.
[Verse 1]
G Em C7
I said ev, ev, ev, ev, everything,
G C G C G
everything is fucked
D
I'm sorry, that's no way to start a show
D N.C.
I apologized. I started again
G C7
I said, most, most, most, most things are fucked
G
But please don't give up on me now
C Am
'Cause I'm here to get you out of this dark hole
C Em Am
That's my job after all
C Em Am
Craigie make them laugh, make them cry oh
C G
That's what it says in your bio
D C
Oh make 'em cry, that will be easy tonight
G
Way too easy tonight
D
But make 'em laugh?
C
Almost impossible
It's like a funeral out there
[Chorus]
Am C G C G
Don't let the darkness break you my friends
Am C G C G
There are so many of us and only one of him
[Verse 2]
G C
So I, I, I, I did my research
G
I tried to find some silver lining
But I didn't have much time and it ain't great
So I hope you can appreciate my findings
Am
Here's what I found
It's historically proven
That when the presidents a republican
We have better music
G
Artists are better when they're bummed
That's how it goes, that's how it's done
C Bm
When times are good, musicians they get lazy
And the bad music slips out and it drives us all crazy
For example
D G C G
In 1995 a new band name Nickleback came out
D
And in 1995 the democrats were in the white house
C
I'm just saying
Same goes for Linkin Park, Matchbox Twenty, MMMbop
G C G C
I'm just saying
C G D
Macarena, Justin Bieber, all the results of the democrat leaders
G D
I'm just sayin'
Am
The world may go to shit
C D
But we'll have better music
[Chorus]
Am C G C G
Don't let the darkness break you my friends
Am C G C G
There are so many of us and only one of him
[Verse 3]
G
Now I'm not gonna get up here and tell you things gotta get worse before they get
C C7
better
C
Oh that's just not true
Things could just get better, stay better, continue to get better
G
Oh but that's not what things usually do
Am G
Just ask Rosa Parks, Muhatma Ghandi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King
Every now and then there's a bunch of bullshit
D
You gotta fight it
G
And when we fight it
D
We always win
G
Oh but the pessimist in us want to scream, "Craigie shut up
Am
What about the battles that we lose?"
I tell ya fool
G C G C
Them just the battles that we haven't won yet
[Chorus]
Am C G C G
Don't let the darkness break you my friends
Am C G C G C
There are so many of us and only one of him
[Outro]
G C D G
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