G [Verse 1] G If a song could be president We'd hum on Election Day Am D The gospel choir would start to sway G And we'd all have a part to play G The First Lady would free her hips Pull a microphone to her lips Am D Break our hearts with rhythm and blues G Steve Earle would anchor the news C We'd vote for a melody G Pass it around on an MP3 D D7 All our best foreign policy G G7 Would be built on harmony C If a song could be president G We'd fly a jukebox to the moon D All our founding fathers 45's C D Lightnin' Hopkins and Patsy Cline G If a song could be president [Verse 2] G If a song could be president We could all add another verse Am D Life would teach us to rehearse G Till we found a key change Em Break out of this minor key Half truths and hypocrisy Am D We wouldn't need an underachiever-in-chief G If a song could be president C We'd make Neil Young a Senator G Even though he came from Canada D D7 Emmy Lou would be Ambassador G World leaders would listen to her C They would show us where our country went wrong G Strum their guitars on the White House lawn D D John Prine would run the FBI C D All the criminals would laugh and cry G If a song could be president [Outro] C G D C D G Ooooh ooooh ooooh