If A Song Could Be President chords by Over the Rhine

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Verse 1

If a song could be president

We'd hum on Election Day

The gospel choir would start to sway

And we'd all have a part to play

Verse 2

The First Lady would free her hips

Pull a microphone to her lips

Break our hearts with rhythm and blues

Steve Earle would anchor the news

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Verse 3

We'd vote for a melody

Pass it around on an MP3

All our best foreign policy

Would be built on harmony

Verse 4
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If a song could be president
G 
We'd fly a jukebox to the moon
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All our founding fathers forty five's
C 
D 
Lightnin' Hopkins an d Patsy Cline
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If a song could be president

Verse 5
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If a song could be president
We could all add another verse
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D 
Life would teach us to  rehearse
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'Til we found a key change

Verse 6
Em 
Break out of this minor key
Half truths and hypocrisy
We wouldn't need an
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underachiever-in-chief
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If If a song could be president

Verse 7

We'd make Neil Young a Senator

Even though he came from Canada

Emmy Lou would be Ambassador

World leaders would listen to her

Verse 8
C 
They would show us where our
country went wrong
Strum their guitars on the
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White House lawn
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John Prine would run the FBI
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D 
All the criminals would laugh and cry
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If a song could be president