Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt chords by Jesse Winchester

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Verse 1
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Tell me why you like Roosevelt
(poor man's friend)
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That's why I like Roosevelt
(poor man's friend)
That's why I like Roosevelt
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(poor man's friend)
Good God almighty,
he's the poor man's friend.

Verse 2
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'Cause in the year of nine
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teen and thirty- two
We had no idea just what we would do
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All our finances had flowed away
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Till my dad got a job with the WPA.

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Verse 3
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And that's why I  like Roosevelt
(poor man's friend)
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That's why I like Roosevelt
(poor man's friend)
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That's why I like Roosevelt
(poor man's friend)
Good God almighty that's
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the poor man's friend
Good God almighty that's
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the poor man's friend.

Verse 4
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Tell me why you like Lester B
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(poor man's friend)
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Tell me why you like Lester B
(poor man's friend)
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Tell me why you like Lester B
(poor man's friend)
Good God almighty that's
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the poor man's friend
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Good God almighty that's the
poor man's friend.

Verse 5
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'Cause in the year of nineteen
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and sixty- seven
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I was a somewhat younger man
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The call came to bloody glory came
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And I would not raise my hand.

Verse 6
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'Cause I'm baptized by water
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So I'll pass on the one by fire
If you want to fight
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Go on and fight if  that be
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your desire.
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That's why

Verse 7
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I like Pierre Trudeau
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(poor man's friend)
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That's why I like Pierre Trudeau
(poor man's friend)
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That's why I  like Pierre Trudeau
(poor man's friend)
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Good God almighty that's the
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poor man's friend
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Good God almighty that's the poor man's
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friend.

Interlude 1

Verse 8
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That's why I like Pierre Trudeau
(poor man's friend)
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That's why I like Pierre Trudeau
(poor man's friend)
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That's why I like Pierre Trudeau
(poor man's friend)
Good God almighty that's the
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poor man's friend
Good God almighty that's
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the poor man's friend
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Good God almighty that's
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the poor man's friend.