Ten Cents A Coup Chords by Phil Ochs
Tempo:
101.7 bpm
Chords used:
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D
A
Gb
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I'll sing a song about the president.
What's his name?
The guy with 81% of the [Ab] people in back of him.
I mean, I don't know what to believe [Eb] anymore, because the television is just
[Abm] [Ab] It's such a rapid rate now.
[B] Cancer is great, they can't control it.
[D] They can't even cover up their own tracks, not least to be able to do that.
[Ab]
Time out for a commercial.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
[Ab]
[Eb] There's two Americas.
There's an old [Gb] America, which is just dying and ossifying, growing harder and collapsing.
And as it dies, the people just get [Eb] uglier and uglier.
[D] After they assassinated Kennedy, [Gb] you know, got him out of [A] the picture, John Kennedy,
[Gb] the ugly Johnson comes in.
And then, you had to get somebody uglier than that, ugly [Ab] Nixon.
And Nixon had to get uglier to back him up.
[G]
[A] Thanks, Mike.
[Gb]
None of [Em] it's true.
It's all [F] a Madison Avenue dream, or really [G] nightmare.
[F] I, for one, don't even believe that he's president, because in order to have a president, you have to have an election.
In [D] order to have an election, you have to have a choice.
And if you remember back to the [Gb] primaries, there were people that were running against the war, [F] Kennedy and McCarthy,
who won [C] often 85 to 90% of the vote.
[E] But when it came time for the parties to pick their candidates, that was totally [Em] ignored.
So, in point of fact, there really was no election.
[C] For a man that's always wanted to be president, now that he's president, he's not even president.
[G]
It was a used car dealer's election, [A] and the choice was rather small.
[D] The boys agreed it's the war we need, so there's no president [G] at all.
Here's to [E] Nixon and Agnew, they [A] are the stars of the state and screen.
It's [D] not since Laurel and Hardy have I laughed so [G] hard I've screamed.
I thought that Johnson was the devil, [A] I thought he couldn't do no worse.
[D] Now the White House stands in Disneyland, this country must be [G] undercurse.
Here's to Nixon [E] and Agnew, [A] they are the stars of the state and screen.
It's not since Laurel and Hardy have I [Dm] laughed so hard [G] I've screamed.
I dreamed Nixon died of a suntan, [A] there was only Spiro left.
[D] And in swearing in, he fell on his chin, he assassinated [G] himself.
[E] They are [A] the stars of the state and screen.
[D] It's not since Laurel and Hardy have I laughed so hard [G] I've screamed.
[N]
[Gb]
What's his name?
The guy with 81% of the [Ab] people in back of him.
I mean, I don't know what to believe [Eb] anymore, because the television is just
[Abm] [Ab] It's such a rapid rate now.
[B] Cancer is great, they can't control it.
[D] They can't even cover up their own tracks, not least to be able to do that.
[Ab]
Time out for a commercial.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
[Ab]
[Eb] There's two Americas.
There's an old [Gb] America, which is just dying and ossifying, growing harder and collapsing.
And as it dies, the people just get [Eb] uglier and uglier.
[D] After they assassinated Kennedy, [Gb] you know, got him out of [A] the picture, John Kennedy,
[Gb] the ugly Johnson comes in.
And then, you had to get somebody uglier than that, ugly [Ab] Nixon.
And Nixon had to get uglier to back him up.
[G]
[A] Thanks, Mike.
[Gb]
None of [Em] it's true.
It's all [F] a Madison Avenue dream, or really [G] nightmare.
[F] I, for one, don't even believe that he's president, because in order to have a president, you have to have an election.
In [D] order to have an election, you have to have a choice.
And if you remember back to the [Gb] primaries, there were people that were running against the war, [F] Kennedy and McCarthy,
who won [C] often 85 to 90% of the vote.
[E] But when it came time for the parties to pick their candidates, that was totally [Em] ignored.
So, in point of fact, there really was no election.
[C] For a man that's always wanted to be president, now that he's president, he's not even president.
[G]
It was a used car dealer's election, [A] and the choice was rather small.
[D] The boys agreed it's the war we need, so there's no president [G] at all.
Here's to [E] Nixon and Agnew, they [A] are the stars of the state and screen.
It's [D] not since Laurel and Hardy have I laughed so [G] hard I've screamed.
I thought that Johnson was the devil, [A] I thought he couldn't do no worse.
[D] Now the White House stands in Disneyland, this country must be [G] undercurse.
Here's to Nixon [E] and Agnew, [A] they are the stars of the state and screen.
It's not since Laurel and Hardy have I [Dm] laughed so hard [G] I've screamed.
I dreamed Nixon died of a suntan, [A] there was only Spiro left.
[D] And in swearing in, he fell on his chin, he assassinated [G] himself.
[E] They are [A] the stars of the state and screen.
[D] It's not since Laurel and Hardy have I laughed so hard [G] I've screamed.
[N]
[Gb]
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I'll sing a song about _ the president. _ _
_ What's his name?
_ _ The guy with 81% of the [Ab] people in back of him.
I mean, I don't know what to believe [Eb] anymore, because the television is just_
_ [Abm] _ _ [Ab] It's such a rapid rate now.
[B] Cancer is great, they can't control it.
[D] They can't even cover up their own tracks, not least to be able to do that.
[Ab] _
_ Time out for a commercial.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
[Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] There's two Americas.
There's an old [Gb] America, which is just dying and ossifying, growing harder and collapsing.
And as it dies, the people just get [Eb] uglier and uglier.
[D] After they _ assassinated Kennedy, [Gb] you know, got him out of [A] the picture, John Kennedy,
[Gb] the ugly Johnson comes in.
And then, you had to get somebody uglier than that, ugly [Ab] Nixon.
And Nixon had to get uglier to back him up.
[G] _
[A] Thanks, Mike.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
None of [Em] it's true.
It's all [F] a Madison Avenue dream, or really [G] nightmare.
[F] I, for one, don't even believe that he's president, because in order to have a president, you have to have an election.
In [D] order to have an election, you have to have a choice.
And if you remember back to the [Gb] primaries, there were people that were running against the war, [F] Kennedy and McCarthy,
who won _ [C] _ often 85 to 90% of the vote.
[E] But when it came time for the parties to pick their candidates, that was totally [Em] ignored.
So, in point of fact, there really was no election.
[C] For a man that's always wanted to be president, now that he's president, he's not even president.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It was a used car dealer's election, [A] and the choice was rather small.
[D] The boys agreed it's the war we need, so there's no president [G] at all.
_ Here's to [E] Nixon and Agnew, they [A] are the stars of the state and screen.
It's [D] not since Laurel and Hardy have I laughed so [G] hard I've screamed. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I thought that Johnson was the devil, [A] I thought he couldn't do no worse.
[D] Now the White House stands in Disneyland, this country must be [G] undercurse. _
Here's to Nixon [E] and Agnew, [A] they are the stars of the state and screen.
It's not since Laurel and Hardy have I [Dm] laughed so hard [G] I've screamed.
_ _ I dreamed Nixon died of a suntan, _ [A] there was only Spiro left.
[D] And in swearing in, he fell on his chin, he assassinated [G] himself. _ _
_ _ [E] _ They are [A] the stars of the state and screen.
[D] It's not since Laurel and Hardy have I laughed so hard [G] I've screamed. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ What's his name?
_ _ The guy with 81% of the [Ab] people in back of him.
I mean, I don't know what to believe [Eb] anymore, because the television is just_
_ [Abm] _ _ [Ab] It's such a rapid rate now.
[B] Cancer is great, they can't control it.
[D] They can't even cover up their own tracks, not least to be able to do that.
[Ab] _
_ Time out for a commercial.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
[Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] There's two Americas.
There's an old [Gb] America, which is just dying and ossifying, growing harder and collapsing.
And as it dies, the people just get [Eb] uglier and uglier.
[D] After they _ assassinated Kennedy, [Gb] you know, got him out of [A] the picture, John Kennedy,
[Gb] the ugly Johnson comes in.
And then, you had to get somebody uglier than that, ugly [Ab] Nixon.
And Nixon had to get uglier to back him up.
[G] _
[A] Thanks, Mike.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
None of [Em] it's true.
It's all [F] a Madison Avenue dream, or really [G] nightmare.
[F] I, for one, don't even believe that he's president, because in order to have a president, you have to have an election.
In [D] order to have an election, you have to have a choice.
And if you remember back to the [Gb] primaries, there were people that were running against the war, [F] Kennedy and McCarthy,
who won _ [C] _ often 85 to 90% of the vote.
[E] But when it came time for the parties to pick their candidates, that was totally [Em] ignored.
So, in point of fact, there really was no election.
[C] For a man that's always wanted to be president, now that he's president, he's not even president.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It was a used car dealer's election, [A] and the choice was rather small.
[D] The boys agreed it's the war we need, so there's no president [G] at all.
_ Here's to [E] Nixon and Agnew, they [A] are the stars of the state and screen.
It's [D] not since Laurel and Hardy have I laughed so [G] hard I've screamed. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I thought that Johnson was the devil, [A] I thought he couldn't do no worse.
[D] Now the White House stands in Disneyland, this country must be [G] undercurse. _
Here's to Nixon [E] and Agnew, [A] they are the stars of the state and screen.
It's not since Laurel and Hardy have I [Dm] laughed so hard [G] I've screamed.
_ _ I dreamed Nixon died of a suntan, _ [A] there was only Spiro left.
[D] And in swearing in, he fell on his chin, he assassinated [G] himself. _ _
_ _ [E] _ They are [A] the stars of the state and screen.
[D] It's not since Laurel and Hardy have I laughed so hard [G] I've screamed. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _