Joan Baez - The president sang amazing grace

The President Sang Amazing Grace – Zoe Mulford (Tune down 1/2 step to sound like Joan Baez) Intro d g G D G A (G) young man came to a (D) house of (G) prayer They did not ask what (D) brought him there (Em) He was not friend, he (D) was not (C) kin but they (G) opened the door and (D) let him (C) in (G) And for an hour the (D) stranger (G) stayed He sat with them and (D) seemed to pray (Em) But then the young man (D) drew a (C) gun and (G) killed nine people, (D) old and (C) young (G) In Charleston in the (D) month of (G) June the mourners gathered (D) in a room The (Em) President came to (D) speak some (C) words and the (G) cameras rolled and the (Em)nation heard But no (G) words could say what (D) must be (G) said for all the living (D) and the dead so (Em) on that day and (C) in that place the (G) President sang (D) Amazing (Em) Grace The (G) President sang (D) Amazing (G) Grace G D (G) We argued where to (D) lay the (G) blame On one man's hate (D) or our nation's shame (Em) Some sickness of the mind or (C) soul and (G) how the wounds might (D) be made (Em) whole But no (C) words could say what (G) must be said for all the living (D) and the dead (Em) So on that day and (C) in that place the (G) President sang (D) Amazing (Em) Grace My (G) President sang (D) Amazing (G) Grace