The Day John Kennedy Died chords by Lou Reed
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Verse 1
(C major) I dreamed I was the president
of these (F major) united states (C major) (F major) (C major) (D minor) (C major)
I dreamed I replaced ignorance,
stu (F major) pidity and hate (C major) (A minor) (C major) (F major)
(C major) I dreamed the perfect union
and a per (F major) fect law, undenied
(C major) And (D minor) (C major) (A minor) (C major) most of all I dreamed I forgot
the day (F major) John Kennedy (G major) died
(C major) (D minor) (A minor)
Verse 2
(C major) I dreamed that I could do (A minor) the job (C major)
that (F major) others hadn't done (C major) (D minor)
(C major) I dreamed that I was uncorrupt
and fair (F major) to everyone
(C major) I dreamed I wasn't gross or base,
a criminal (F major) on (C major) the take (A minor)
(C major) And most of all I dreamed I forgot
the day (F major) John Kennedy (G major) died
(C major)
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Verse 3
(F major)
Oh, the day (G major) John Kennedy died (C major)
(F major) Oh, the day (G major) John Kennedy died (C major)
Verse 4
I (C major) remember where I was that day,
I was (F major) upstate in a bar (C major)
The team from the university was
(G major) playing football (F major) on tv (C major)
Then the screen want dead and
the announcer said,
There's been (F major) a tragedy (C major)
There's are unconfirmed reports
the president's been shot
And he (F major) may be dead (C major) or dying
(A minor)
Verse 5
(A minor) Talking (C major) stopped, someone shouted, what
I ran (F major) out to the street (C major)
People were gathered everywhere saying
Did you hear (F major) what they said on TV (C major)
And then a guy in a porsche with
his radio hit his born
And told (F major) us the news (C major)
He said, the president's dead,
he was shot twice in the head
In Dallas, (F major) and they don't
know by whom
(C major)
Verse 6
I dreamed I was the pres (D minor) ident
(C major) of (F major) these United States (C major)
I dreamed I was young (A minor) and smart (C major)
and (F major) it was not (C major) a waste
I dreamed that there was a point to life
and (F major) to the human race (C major) (D minor) (C major)
(A minor) I dreamed (C major) that I could somehow
com (A minor) prehend (C major) that someone
Shot (F major) him in (C major) the face
(F major) (C major)
Verse 7
(F major) Oh, the day (G major) John Kennedy died (C major)
(F major) Oh, the day (G major) John Kennedy died (C major) (F major) (A minor)
(F major) Oh, the day (G major) John Kennedy died (C major)
(F major) Oh, the day (G major) John Kennedy died
The Day John Kennedy Died
Lou Reed
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