Jonathan Coulton - The presidents

^CWashington came ^Gfirst and he was ^Cperfect, ^CJohn Adams kept us out of war with ^GFrance ^FJefferson made a Louisiana ^AmPurchase ^D7In 1812 James Madison kicked the ^GBritish in the ^G7pants ^CJames Monroe told ^GEurope they could ^Csuck it ^CJohn Quincy Adams looked just like his ^FDad ^FAndrew Jackson got rid of all the ^CIndians ^Am Van ^D7Buren served one ^Gterm but he wasn't ^Cbad

^CWilliam Henry ^GHarrison died ^Cearly John ^CTyler annexed Texas from Mexi^Gco ^FJames K. Polk fought Mexico to ^Amkeep it ^D7Taylor was a Mexican War he^Gro ^{G7 C}Filmore gave a ^Gboat to Commodore ^CPerry ^CPierce repealed the Missouri Compro^Fmise Bu^Fchanan saw the Civil War's be^Cginnings ^{Am D7}Lincoln saved the ^GUnion, then he ^Cdied

^CAndrew Johnson ^Gjust survived im^Cpeachment ^CGeneral Grant thought getting drunk was ^Gfun ^FRutherford B. Hayes ended recon^Amstruction ^D7Garfield was assassinated in ^G188^G71 ^CArthur suspended ^GChinese immi^Cgration ^CCleveland made the railroad people ^Fsquirm ^FHarrison signed the Sherman Anti-^CTrust Act ^{Am D7}Grover Cleveland ^Gserved another ^Cterm


^CMcKinley kept the ^GSpanish out of ^CCuba ^CRoosevelt was handy with a ^Ggun ^FTaft was big and fat and had a ^Ammustache ^D7Wilson kicked some ass in World War ^GI ^{G7 C}Harding said let's ^Glaissez-faire with ^Cbusiness ^CCoolidge made the roaring 20's ^Froar ^FHoover screwed the pooch in the Great De^Cpression ^{Am D7}Roosevelt beat the ^GNazis in the ^Cwar

^CTruman dropped the ^Gbomb on Hiro^Cshima ^CEisenhower kept the commies well in ^Ghand ^FKennedy was killed by a magic ^Ambullet ^D7Johnson murdered kids in Viet^Gnam ^{G7 C}Nixon was a ^Gsweating filthy ^Cliar ^CFord gave Nixon pardon for his ^Fcrimes ^FCarter lusted in his heart for ^Cpeanuts ^{Am D7}Reagan won the ^GCold War and lost his ^Cmind

^CGeorge Bush senior ^Gpoked at Saddam ^CHussein ^CClinton gave an intern a ci^Ggar ^FW's rein of terror's finally ^Amover ^D7Obama's pretty excellent so ^Gfar ^G7 The ^Cyear two-thousand ^Gnine we're out of ^Cmoney ^CSomewhere surely freedom's on the ^Fmarch ^FI don't like to make political ^Cstatements ^Am D7 G C