The Presidents Song

capo 1 C G C washington came first and he was perfect , C G john adams had a quasi - war with france F Am jefferson made a louisiana purchase D7 G G7 in 1812 james madison kicked the british in the pants C G C james monroe told europe they could suck it C F john quincy adams looked just like his dad F Am andrew jackson got rid of all the indians D7 G C van buren served one term but he wasn’t bad C G C william henry harrison died early C G john tyler annexed texas from mexico F Am james k . polk fought mexico to keep it D7 G G7 taylor was a mexican war hero C G C filmore gave a boat to commodore perry C F pierce repealed the missouri compromise F Am buchanan saw the civil war’s beginnings D7 G C lincoln saved the union , then he died C G C andrew johnson just survived impeachment C G general grant thought getting drunk was fun F Am rutherford B . hayes ended reconstruction D7 G G7 garfield was assassinated in 1881 C G C arthur suspended chinese immigration C F cleveland made the railroad people squirm F Am harrison signed the sherman anti - trust act D7 G C grover cleveland served another term 
 C G C mckinley kept the spanish out of cuba C G roosevelt was handy with a gun F Am taft was big and fat and had a mustache D7 G G7 wilson kicked some ass in world war i C G C harding said let’s laissez - faire with business C F coolidge made the roaring 20’s roar F Am hoover screwed the pooch in the great depression D7 G C roosevelt beat the nazis in the war C G C truman dropped the bomb on hiroshima C G eisenhower kept the commies well in hand F Am kennedy was killed by a magic bullet D7 G G7 johnson murdered kids in vietnam C G C nixon was a sweating filthy liar C F ford gave nixon pardon for his crimes F Am carter lusted in his heart for peanuts D7 G C reagan won the cold war and lost his mind C G C george bush senior poked at saddAm hussein C G clinton gave an intern a cigar F Am w’s rein of terror’s finally over D7 G G7 obama’s mediocre insofar C G C in the year 2010 we’re out of money C F somewhere surely freedom’s on the march F Am i don’t like to make political statements D7 G C