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[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]
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