I Don't Want To Be President chords and lyrics - HARRY CHAPIN

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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Just [Em]after I [D]was born,
[C]my father said to everyone
That [G]I would be the President
one [Am]day[C]
You're a nat[Em]ural politician,
[D]boy, get[C] it in your head
And [G]you know that it might
just turn [Am]out [D]that w[G]ay
So [Bm]through all the years of my [C]childhood
There [Bm]more important
things than [A]to play
I started [Em]caring for [D]my country
and my fel[C]low man
And [G]this is what I would always [Am]say[D]

[Verse 2]
[G]I'd say, I don't [Em]want to be [Bm]President
[C]But I wan[G]t to help the poo[Bm]r
and the [Am]helpless [D]people
[G]I really don't w[Em]ant to be P[Bm]resident
[C]But if I'm ele[G]cted I pro[Bm]mise
to be [C]faith[D] fu[G]l

[Verse 3]
[Em]I graduated col[D]lege with [C]my law degree
I was a young [G]man on the move,
they always [Am]say[C]
I was [Em]helping my com[D]munity,
commit[C]ted to the people
I was [G]working as a citizen,
to build a [D]better [G]day
They per[Bm]suaded me to run
for [C]Congressman
They said from [Bm]Congress you could
do much more [A]good
And [Em]you've got to have [D]the power
if [C]your changing things
And I was [G]hoping to do everything
[Am]I could for [D]the people

[Verse 4]
I'd [G]say I don't [Em]want to be [Bm]President
[C]But I wan[G]t to help the[Bm]
poor and the [Am]helpless [D]people
[G]I really don't w[Em]ant to be P[Bm]resident
[C]But if I'm[G] elected I pro[Bm]m
ise to be [C]faith[D] fu[G]l
[Em]

[Verse 5]
[Em]Time is a march where the
powerful are drummers
Big business, big labor, big [G]oil
And [Em]soon I was meeting with the
men who ran the country
The men who owned the sky and [G]the soil
[B]Oh, [Em]I became a Senat[D]or,
[C]a man to be reckoned with
[G]Playing golf with millionaires,
and speak[Am]ing on [C]TV
[D]And whe[Em]n they talked of pot[D]ential
[C]presidential candidates
[G]Most often talked about,
and most [Am]prominent [D]was me[G]
Well, [Bm]I got the nomination,
ran a cam[C]paign of conscience
I stood [Bm]for peace and brotherhood
and [A]for prosperity
And on [Em]the day of the elec[D]tion I
went [C]home to my mansion
When the [G]people had spoken,
[Am]they'd elected [D]me

[Verse 6]
[D]
[G]But[Bm][C][G][D][C][D]
[G]I don't
want to [Em]be P[Bm]resident
[C]

[Outro 1]
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