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Tom T. Hall
Tom T. Hall

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Verse 1
D

McGovern said, boys,

I think I'm gonna run

Got a lot of work to be done in Washington
G

He talked to the poor folks,

the blacks and the youth
D

Humphrey said, George,

I think you're gonna lose
A
D

He said, I want that job myself

Well, there was Kennedy and Wallace

and Muskie in mind

McGovern couldn't seem to

get his ducks all in line
G

Somebody shot Wallace and Jackson,

he tried
D

Muskie might have made it,

but he broke down and cried
A
D

I'll tell you boys, it's a hard life

But down in Miami,

McGovern got it all

A strange -looking bunch

of folks inside Convention Hall
G

McGovern said,

I need someone to carry the South
D

They picked poor Tom Eagleton,

but folks found him out
A
D

That liberal press, they gotta know it all

Well, McGovern took Shriver

and he started to run

Sarge said, units, let's have a little fun
G

They ran into trouble

almost everywhere they went
D

There was a big committee

to elect the president

I'll tell you now,
A
D

they were a smooth group

Well, they broke into Watergate

and tapped people's phones

The FBI and CIA

would not leave folks alone
G

The people in the White House

were bursting with pride
D

When the votes were all counted,

it was a big landslide
A
D

The USA bought a new used car

Russia and Vietnam and China were cool

The American press,

they could not find any news
G

So they dug in the Watergate

and the further they went
D

It seemed as if they might just

run into the President
A
D

You know it was a big shock

Well, there was Hardiman and Gray

and Mitchell and Dean

A whole lot of folks were shakin'

on the White House scene
G

They patched up the cracks

but the dam broke loose
D

Watergate was all you

could read in the news
A
D

And Nicky said, well, it's news to me

Well, there's Lincoln and Roosevelt

and Truman and I

All turnin' over in their

graves every night
G

Somehow my mind goes

back to Betsy Ross
D

Nobody knows what this country has lost
A
D

I will repeat, it's a hard life

Well, somewhere in this country

there's a hard -workin' man

Readin' his paper as

he tries to understand
G

Are there no honest people left anymore?
D

One night will he hear a pound nun

on his door
A
D

If it gets that way, Lord, help us all
Outro 1
D
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