WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Wyclef Jean - If I Was President Chords | Ver. 2
E G Am C Em
E--0-----3----0--------0-
B--0-----0----1-----1--0-
G--1-----0----2-----0--0-
D--2-----0----2-----2--2-
A--2-----2----0-----3--2-
E--0-----3-------------0-
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Intro
E - G - Am - C x 2
Election time is comin
E - G - Am - C x 2
E G
If I was president,
Am C E G
I'd get elected on Friday, assasinated on Saturday,
Am C
buried on Sunday.
E G
If I was president...
Am C
If I was president
E G Am C
An old man told me, instead of spending billions on the war,
E G Am C
we can use some of that money, in the ghetto.
E G Am C
I know some so poor, when it rains that's when they shower,
E G
screaming "FIGHT THE POWER".
Am C
That's when the vulture devoured.
[chorus]
E G
If I was president...
Am C
If I was president
E G
But the radio won't play this.
Am C
They call this rebel music.
E G Am C
How can you refuse it, children of Moses?
[Chorus]
E G
If I was president...
Am C
If I was president
E G
Tell the children the truth, the truth!
Am C
Christopher Columbus didn't discover America.
E G
Tell them the truth, the truth YEAH!
Am C
Tell them about Marcus Garvey.
E G
Tell the children the truth YEAH! the truth!
Am C
Tell them about Martin Luther King.
E G
Tell them the truth,
G
The Truth.
Am C
Tell them about JFK
E G
If I was president,
Am C E G
I'd get elected on Friday, assasinated on Saturday,
Am C
buried on Sunday.
E G
If I was president...
Am C Em
If I was president
- Wyclef Jean
