Okkervil River - Presidents dead

^DThe President's ^Adead, the radio ^Emsaid Dear friends is it ^Gnot so horr^Aible' A shock to my ^Emheart like a knife right through ^Gbread, The newspaper ^Asaid, the President's d^Dead. ^DThe sea doesn't ^Adry and the sky doesn't ^Emsplit, But friends it just ^Gseems so wrong, don't ^Ait' A shout from the ^Emcrowd and a shot to the ^Ghead, The President's l^Aying on the tarmac d^Dead. ^DHe's lying face ^Adown with those black dress day ^Emgents, Guns drawn running a^Ground in the early o-^Abits, Say he was a good ^Emman, you can't argue with ^Gthat, Not today you ^Acan't, not now you ^Dcan't. ^DIn the media t^Aent, where they spin and they ^Emslant, They just foam at the m^Gouth and they chomp at the ^Abit, Those bloodsuckers can ^Emwait, 'till those vultures cool ^Git, The radio s^Aaid, the President's ^Ddead, ^DAnd let's imagine the ^Aday, let's say 30 years ^Emin, How somebody will ^Gsay what were you doing w^Ahen, On a beautiful ^Emday I was waking up a^Gnd I was lying in ^Abed with my girl^Dfriend ^DAnd the eggs on the p^Alate and the bacon hi^Emssing And the coffee was g^Great, these was spring on the ^Awind, If you ever lived through a ^Emday where the littlest ^Gthings, in the littlest ^Aways, made you feel you were ^Dblest. ^DAnd if you died right ^Athen, well you know you'd be ^Emmissed, But there's no better ^Gway to cease to e^Axist, And you wouldn't feel ^Emsad and you wouldn't re^Gsist, Because you knew what you ^Ahad and were thankful for ^Dit, ^DIn your own little ^Away, well I'm a small quiet ^Emman, I've got no wars to ^Gwin, I don't have a big p^Alan, But I love my new ^Emplace and I love my old f^Griends, And I scrimp and I ^Asave and one day I'll have ^Dkids, ^DI can truthfully ^Asay that my day was like ^Emthat, 'till the radio ^Gplaying on the stand by the ^Abed, fired out this r^Emeport and in three words they ^Gsaid, Like three shots to my ^Ahead, the President's ^Dde^Aad^Em. ^G The President's d^Dea^Ad.^{Em G} The President's d^Dea^Ad.^{Em G} D A Em G D A Em G