Here's to the State of Richard Nixon chords by 
Phil Ochs 
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Key: D minor•
Intro 1
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Here's to the State
Verse 1
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of Richard Nix on
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For un derneath his borders
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the dev il draws the line
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If you drag his muddy rivers
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nameless bod ies you will find
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And the fat trees of the forest
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have hid a thousand crimes
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And the calendar is ly in' when
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it reads the present time
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Oh, here's to the land you've
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torn out the heart of
Richard Nixon, find yourself another
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coun try to be part of
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And here's to the schools
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of Richard Nixon
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Where they're teach in' all the children
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they don't have to care
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All the rudi ments of hatred
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are present everywhere
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And every single classroom is
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a factory of despair
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Oh, there's nobody learn in' such
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a for eign word as "fair"
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Oh, here's to the land you've
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torn out the heart of
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Richard Nixon, find yourself another
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coun try to be part of
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And here's to the laws of Richard Nix on
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Where the wars are fought
in secret, Pearl Harbor every day
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He punishes with income tax
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that he don't have to pay
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And he's tapping his own brother just to hear what
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he would say
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But corruption can be clas sic in
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the Richard Nix on way
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Oh, here's to the land you've
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torn out the heart of
Richard Nixon find yourself an
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other coun try to be part of
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And here's to the churches of Richard
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Nixon and Billy Graham
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Where the cross, once made of silver,
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now is caked with rust
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And the Sunday mornin'
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sermons pander to their lust
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All the fallen face of Jesus
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is chok in' in the dust
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And Heaven only knows in
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which God they can trust
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Oh, here's to the land you've
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torn out the heart of
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Richard Nixon find yourself another
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coun try to be part of
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And here's to the government
of Richard Nixon
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In the swamp of their bur eaucracy
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they're always boggin' down
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And crim inals are posing as ad
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visors to the crown
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And they hope that no one sees the sights
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and no one hears the sound
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And the speeches of the Pres ident
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are the raving s of a clown
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Oh, here's to the land you've
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torn out the heart of
Richard Nixon find your
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self another coun try to be part of
Outro 1
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