Chords for Ray Stevens - Mr. President - Mr. President
Tempo:
150.15 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
A
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] Hey, Mr.
President!
Mr.
President!
We [G] got record foreclosures, folks are losing their
homes.
The banks have got money, but they won't make loans.
[C] The taxes are bringing small
business to their knees, [G] and we owe our souls to the rich Chinese.
[D] Mr.
President!
Mr.
President!
What [C#] are you [D] going to do?
[C] I'm gonna take off my coat and roll up my sleeve, [G] turn on the
[Em] teleprompter and give [G] another speech.
[D] Act real [A] cool and talk real [G] soft, and then go
[C] out and play another [G] round of golf.
[C] Throw a party at the White House and give a big
show, [G] board Air Force One, and away I'll go.
[D] Up to New York, [C] take Michelle to a play, [G] then
shoot a few hoops and call it a day.
Do-da-do-da-do-da-do-da-do-da-da-da-do-da-da-do-da-do-da-da-do-da-da-ba-ba-ba!
[D] So, Mr.
President!
[G] We got illegal aliens pouring across our border, and drug lords committing
mayhem and disorder.
[C] States going broke trying to pay their benefits, [G] bond markets in the
toilet, job markets in the pits, Mr.
[D] President.
So, Mr.
President!
What [C#] are you going [D] to do?
[C] Now listen real close and hear what I say.
[G] Never let a good crisis slip away.
[A] You gotta [C#] look at things out of my window.
[D] What's bad [G#] for [A] America is good for my agenda.
But Mr.
[D] President!
Mr.
President!
What [C#] are you going [D] to do?
I'm gonna [C] take off my coat, roll up my sleeve,
[G] turn on the teleprompter and give another [D] speech.
Act real cool and talk real soft
[G] and then go [B] out and play [Dm] another round of [C] golf.
Go apart at the White House and put on a show.
[G] Vote Air Force One and away I'll go.
[D] Blame George Bush [C] and his capitalist ways.
[G] Then I'll shoot a few [B] hoops and call [D] it a day.
[G] [A] Brr-ee-bop-do-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba [F#]-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba [A]-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
[G] [N]
President!
Mr.
President!
We [G] got record foreclosures, folks are losing their
homes.
The banks have got money, but they won't make loans.
[C] The taxes are bringing small
business to their knees, [G] and we owe our souls to the rich Chinese.
[D] Mr.
President!
Mr.
President!
What [C#] are you [D] going to do?
[C] I'm gonna take off my coat and roll up my sleeve, [G] turn on the
[Em] teleprompter and give [G] another speech.
[D] Act real [A] cool and talk real [G] soft, and then go
[C] out and play another [G] round of golf.
[C] Throw a party at the White House and give a big
show, [G] board Air Force One, and away I'll go.
[D] Up to New York, [C] take Michelle to a play, [G] then
shoot a few hoops and call it a day.
Do-da-do-da-do-da-do-da-do-da-da-da-do-da-da-do-da-do-da-da-do-da-da-ba-ba-ba!
[D] So, Mr.
President!
[G] We got illegal aliens pouring across our border, and drug lords committing
mayhem and disorder.
[C] States going broke trying to pay their benefits, [G] bond markets in the
toilet, job markets in the pits, Mr.
[D] President.
So, Mr.
President!
What [C#] are you going [D] to do?
[C] Now listen real close and hear what I say.
[G] Never let a good crisis slip away.
[A] You gotta [C#] look at things out of my window.
[D] What's bad [G#] for [A] America is good for my agenda.
But Mr.
[D] President!
Mr.
President!
What [C#] are you going [D] to do?
I'm gonna [C] take off my coat, roll up my sleeve,
[G] turn on the teleprompter and give another [D] speech.
Act real cool and talk real soft
[G] and then go [B] out and play [Dm] another round of [C] golf.
Go apart at the White House and put on a show.
[G] Vote Air Force One and away I'll go.
[D] Blame George Bush [C] and his capitalist ways.
[G] Then I'll shoot a few [B] hoops and call [D] it a day.
[G] [A] Brr-ee-bop-do-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba [F#]-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba [A]-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
[G] [N]
Key:
G
D
C
A
C#
G
D
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Hey, Mr.
President!
Mr.
President!
We [G] got record foreclosures, folks are losing their
homes.
The banks have got money, but they won't make loans.
[C] The taxes are bringing small
business to their knees, [G] and we owe our souls to the rich Chinese.
[D] Mr.
President!
Mr.
President!
_ What [C#] are you [D] going to do?
[C] I'm gonna take off my coat and roll up my sleeve, [G] turn on the
[Em] teleprompter and give [G] another speech.
[D] Act real [A] cool and talk real [G] soft, and then go
[C] out and play another [G] round of golf.
[C] Throw a party at the White House and give a big
show, [G] board Air Force One, and away I'll go.
[D] Up to New York, [C] take Michelle to a play, [G] then
shoot a few hoops and call it a day.
Do-da-do-da-do-da-do-da-do-da-da-da-do-da-da-do-da-do-da-da-do-da-da-ba-ba-ba!
[D] _ _ So, Mr.
President!
[G] We got illegal aliens pouring across our border, and drug lords committing
mayhem and disorder.
[C] States going broke trying to pay their benefits, [G] bond markets in the
toilet, job markets in the pits, Mr.
[D] President.
So, Mr.
President!
_ What [C#] are you going [D] to do?
[C] Now listen real close and hear what I say.
[G] Never let a good crisis slip away.
[A] You gotta [C#] look at things out of my window.
[D] What's bad [G#] for [A] America is good for my agenda.
But Mr.
[D] President!
Mr.
President!
_ What [C#] are you going [D] to do?
I'm gonna [C] take off my coat, roll up my sleeve,
[G] turn on the teleprompter and give another [D] speech.
Act real cool and talk real soft
[G] and then go [B] out and play [Dm] another round of [C] golf.
Go apart at the White House and put on a show.
[G] Vote Air Force One and away I'll go.
[D] Blame George Bush [C] and his capitalist ways.
[G] Then I'll shoot a few [B] hoops and call [D] it a day.
[G] _ [A] Brr-ee-bop-do-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba _ [F#]-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba [A]-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [D] Hey, Mr.
President!
Mr.
President!
We [G] got record foreclosures, folks are losing their
homes.
The banks have got money, but they won't make loans.
[C] The taxes are bringing small
business to their knees, [G] and we owe our souls to the rich Chinese.
[D] Mr.
President!
Mr.
President!
_ What [C#] are you [D] going to do?
[C] I'm gonna take off my coat and roll up my sleeve, [G] turn on the
[Em] teleprompter and give [G] another speech.
[D] Act real [A] cool and talk real [G] soft, and then go
[C] out and play another [G] round of golf.
[C] Throw a party at the White House and give a big
show, [G] board Air Force One, and away I'll go.
[D] Up to New York, [C] take Michelle to a play, [G] then
shoot a few hoops and call it a day.
Do-da-do-da-do-da-do-da-do-da-da-da-do-da-da-do-da-do-da-da-do-da-da-ba-ba-ba!
[D] _ _ So, Mr.
President!
[G] We got illegal aliens pouring across our border, and drug lords committing
mayhem and disorder.
[C] States going broke trying to pay their benefits, [G] bond markets in the
toilet, job markets in the pits, Mr.
[D] President.
So, Mr.
President!
_ What [C#] are you going [D] to do?
[C] Now listen real close and hear what I say.
[G] Never let a good crisis slip away.
[A] You gotta [C#] look at things out of my window.
[D] What's bad [G#] for [A] America is good for my agenda.
But Mr.
[D] President!
Mr.
President!
_ What [C#] are you going [D] to do?
I'm gonna [C] take off my coat, roll up my sleeve,
[G] turn on the teleprompter and give another [D] speech.
Act real cool and talk real soft
[G] and then go [B] out and play [Dm] another round of [C] golf.
Go apart at the White House and put on a show.
[G] Vote Air Force One and away I'll go.
[D] Blame George Bush [C] and his capitalist ways.
[G] Then I'll shoot a few [B] hoops and call [D] it a day.
[G] _ [A] Brr-ee-bop-do-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba _ [F#]-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba [A]-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _