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If I Was President by Wyclef Jean
If I Was President
The bass has a pretty sweet part, but here's the guitar chords.
Em G Am C (play 1st string open on first stum of chord)
E--0-----3----0----(3)-------------------------------------------
B--0-----0----1-----1--------------------------------------------
G--0-----0----2-----0--------------------------------------------
D--2-----0----2-----2--------------------------------------------
A--2-----2----0-----3--------------------------------------------
E--0-----3-------------------------------------------------------
End on: Em
E---0---
B---0---
G---0---
D---2---
A---2---
E---0---
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version 2
E G Am C Em
E--0-----3----0--------0-
B--0-----0----1-----1--0-
G--1-----0----2-----0--0-
D--2-----0----2-----2--2-
A--2-----2----0-----3--2-
E--0-----3-------------0-
Listen to the song for the fluid strumming pattern
Intro
E - G - Am - C x 2
Election time is comin
E - G - Am - C x 2
E G
If I was president,
Am C E G
I'd get elected on Friday, assasinated on Saturday,
Am C
buried on Sunday.
E G
If I was president...
Am C
If I was president
E G Am C
An old man told me, instead of spending billions on the war,
E G Am C
we can use some of that money, in the ghetto.
E G Am C
I know some so poor, when it rains that's when they shower,
E G
screaming "FIGHT THE POWER".
Am C
That's when the vulture devoured.
[chorus]
E G
If I was president...
Am C
If I was president
E G
But the radio won't play this.
Am C
They call this rebel music.
E G Am C
How can you refuse it, children of Moses?
[Chorus]
E G
If I was president...
Am C
If I was president
E G
Tell the children the truth, the truth!
Am C
Christopher Columbus didn't discover America.
E G
Tell them the truth, the truth YEAH!
Am C
Tell them about Marcus Garvey.
E G
Tell the children the truth YEAH! the truth!
Am C
Tell them about Martin Luther King.
E G
Tell them the truth,
G
The Truth.
Am C
Tell them about JFK
E G
If I was president,
Am C E G
I'd get elected on Friday, assasinated on Saturday,
Am C
buried on Sunday.
E G
If I was president...
Am C Em
If I was president
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version 3
[chorus]
E G
If I was president
Am C
I'd get elected on Friday
E G
assassinated on Saturday
Am C
and buried on Sunday
E G
If I was president
Am C
If I was president
E G
Instead of spending
Am C
billions on the war
E G
I can use that money
Am C
so i can feed the poor
E G
I know some so poor
Am C
when it rains that's when they shower
E G
when screaming "fight the power
Am C
That's when the vulture devoured
[chorus]
E G
If I was president
Am C
I'd get elected on Friday
E G
assassinated on Saturday
Am C
and buried on Sunday
E G
If I was president
Am C
If I was president
E G
If I was president
Am C
If I was president
E G
But the radio won't play this
Am C
They call this rebel music
E G
but How can you refuse it
Am C
children of moses
[chorus]
E G
If I was president
Am C
I'd get elected on Friday
E G
assassinated on Saturday
Am C
and buried on Sunday
E G
If I was president
Am C
If i was president
E G
Tell the children the truth, the truth
Am C
Christopher Columbus didn't discover America
E G
Tell them the truth, The truth
Am C
Tell them about Marcus Garvey
E G
Tell them the truth, The truth
Am C
Tell them about Martin Luther King
E G
Tell them the truth, The Truth
Am C
Tell them about JFK
E G
If I was President
[chorus]
Am C
If I was president
E G
I'd get elected on Friday
Am C
assassinated on Saturday
E G
and buried on Sunday
Am C
If I was president
E G
If I was president
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