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intro: E, D (8x)
E A-ish* E A-ish* *I could use a little help here, but it sounds good enough
Washington crossed the Delaware River
E A A B
Washington acted like a Rock Star
E A E A
Washington made America deliver
E A A B
Washington tried to be a Rock Star
Em C G
But all the fame that he had won
B7 Em
it wasn't really any fun
C D
Soon the people started turning
Whoa-oa-oa
Em C G
That boy who couldn't tell a lie
B7 Em
two terms and then he said goodbye
C B7
Georgie went back to Mount Vernon
WHAAAAAAAOW!
C B
Why don't you just shoot me in the head
C#m Abm A
'cause you know I'd be better off dead
A B
if there's really no place in America
E
for a celebrity of the first rank.
=Then the next whole bunch is just a repeat of everything so far=
Spoken:
Ladies and Gentlemen, Governor Andrew JAACKSON!! Yea-ea!
That's right Mother Fuckers. Jackson's back. One-two-three...
Sung:
John Addams tried to be an American Idol
Jefferson tried to be a Rock Star
Madison tried to make the Presidency vital
and James Monroe was a Douche Bag
The story always ends the same
It's hard to handle all that fame
You don't really have it in you
Whoa-oa-oa
There's no place in Democracy
For your brand of Aristocracy
Take that shit back to Virginia
(Or Massachusetts Be-yotch!)
Why don't you just shoot me in the head
'cause you know I'd be better off dead
if there's really no place in America
for a celebrity of the first rank.
=End of Repeat=
==The entire rest of the song I'm pretty shaky on, I'm sure some of these are wrong, but its close.==
Overlapping:
(Chorus)
C#m? A?
You can't just be a founding father (Jackson) Would you like to see my stimulus package?
C#m? F#m?
When everybody wants you to be their father
C#m? A?
You can't just be a founding father (Jackson) I'm gonna fill you with Popula-jizz-m
C#m? B
When everybody needs you to be their father
Unison:
E D
Why don't you just shoot me in the head
Em Bm C
'cause you know I'd be better off dead
G D
if there's really no place in America
for a celebrity of the first...
===This part is by far the hardest to hear because there is so much going on…I think some of this might be way wrong===
G D
Why don't you just shoot me in the head
C (is something else going on between the D and this C? I think so, but can't tell)
'cause you know I'd be better off dead
G D
if there's really no place in America
G
for a celebrity of the first... rank.
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