History Repeats Itself chords by
Buddy Starcher
Buddy Starcher

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Key: D major
Verse 1
D
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Glory, glory, hallelujah
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G

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A
A

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D
D

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A
A

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His truth is marching on
Verse 2
A
A

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This is a strange but true story
D
D

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Which proves that history
Does repeat itself
And the events depicted here
A
A

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Happened just one hundred years apart
E
E

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Both President Lincoln And President Kennedy
Verse 3
A
A

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Were concerned with
D
D

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The issue of civil rights
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Lincoln was elected in 1860
Kennedy was elected in 1960
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D

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One hundred years apart
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G

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Both were shot from behind in the head
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D

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Their successors,
both named Johnson
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G

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Were Southern Democrats
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D

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A
A

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D
D

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With seats in the Senate
Verse 4
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D

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Andrew Johnson was born in 1808
A
A

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Lyndon Johnson was born
in 1908
One hundred years apart
John Wilkes Booth
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D

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The man that shot Lincoln
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A

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D
D

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Was born in 1839
Lee Harvey Oswald
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A

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The man that shot Kennedy
Was born in 1939
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E

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One hundred years apart
Verse 5
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A

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D
D

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Booth and Oswald
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A

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were Southerners
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D

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Favoring unpopular ideas
Booth and Oswald were
A
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both assassinated
Before going to trial
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D

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Both presidents' wives
Lost children through death
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G

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While in the White House
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D

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Both presidents were killed on a Friday
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G

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And in the presence of their wives
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President Lincoln's secret
Verse 6
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D

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ary
Whose name was Kennedy
Advised him not to go to the theater
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A

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President Kennedy's secretary
Whose name was Lincoln
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D

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Advised him not to go to Dallas
Verse 7
D
D

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John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln
A
A

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In a theater and ran to a warehouse
Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy
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E

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From a warehouse and ran
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to a theater
Verse 8
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The names Lincoln and Kennedy
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Each contain seven letters
The names Andrew Johnson
And Lyndon Johnson each
Contain thirteen letters
Verse 9
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The names John Wilkes Booth
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And Lee Harvey Oswald
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Each contain fifteen letters
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G

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A
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And friends, it is true
D
D

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History does repeat itself
Verse 10
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D
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A
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His truth is marching on
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