Okkervil River - Presidents dead

^CThe President’^Ds dead, the radi^Amo said Dear friends is it ^Cnot so horr^Dible? A shock to my ^Amheart like a knife right through ^Cbread, The newspaper ^Dsaid, the President’s^C dead. ^CThe sea doesn’^Dt dry and the sky doesn?^Am??t split, But friends it just ^Cseems so wrong, don’^Dt it? A shout from the ^Amcrowd and a shot to the ^Chead, The President’s^D lying on the tarmac^C dead. ^CHe’s lying fac^De down with those black dress da^Amy gents, Guns drawn running a^Cround in the early o-^Dbits, Say he was a good ^Amman, you can’t argue wit^Ch that, Not today you ^Dcan’t, not now yo^Cu can’t. ^CIn the media t^Dent, where they spin and they ^Amslant, They just foam at the m^Couth and they chomp at the ^Dbit, Those bloodsuckers can ^Amwait, ‘till those vultures coo^Cl it, The radio s^Daid, the President’^Cs dead, ^CAnd let’s imagine th^De day, let’s say 30 ye^Amars in, How somebody will ^Csay what were you doing w^Dhen, On a beautiful ^Amday I was waking up a^Cnd I was lying in ^Dbed with my girl^Cfriend ^CAnd the eggs on the p^Dlate and the bacon hi^Amssing And the coffee was g^Creat, these was spring on the ^Dwind, If you ever lived through a ^Amday where the littlest ^Cthings, in the littlest ^Dways, made you feel you were ^Cblest. ^CAnd if you died right ^Dthen, well you know you’d b^Ame missed, But there’s no bette^Cr way to cease to^D exist, And you wouldn’t fee^Aml sad and you wouldn’^Ct resist, Because you knew what you ^Dhad and were thankful for ^Cit, ^CIn your own little ^Dway, well I’m a small quie^Amt man, I’ve got no wars t^Co win, I don’t have a b^Dig plan, But I love my new ^Amplace and I love my old f^Criends, And I scrimp and I ^Dsave and one day I’ll hav^Ce kids, ^CI can truthfully ^Dsay that my day was like ^Amthat, ‘till the radi^Co playing on the stand by th^De bed, fired out this r^Ameport and in three words they ^Csaid, Like three shots to my ^Dhead, the President’^Cs ^Dde^Amad.^C The President’s^C d^Dea^Amd. ^C The President’s^C d^Dea^Amd. ^C C D Am C C D Am C