Tuning: E A D G B E

Notes: On Am and Dm chords add and take away a G note (I like to use the open 3rd string) for the riff in the song. The Am7 or Dm add G are on the & beats after 2 and 3. Durign the main body, stay on Am one measure at the end of every stanza, and one at the beginnign of a new one (2 consecutively) if in the middle of a block of text, play 3 consecutive measures if there's a one line space. Presidential Rag Spoken: You know, took me a long time to get around to writin' a Watergate song. I think because...mainly because in the beginning of Watergate it was pretty funny, you know? So I said "oh! I'm gonna write one of them funny Watergate..." you know:

^CWate^F#dimrgate, ^FWatergate but it sorta got past the point of bein' funny, you know, and went on to new bigger and better things. And then I though "oh, I better write one of those satyrical ballads." You know, like:

^E(Pl^E7ayed satyrically, like a ballad) but got past that point. So I never wrote a Watergate song. Until one day, a little while ago, I was sitting around and I forgot all about Watergate. And I was sittin' around playin' the piano and all of a sudden this song jumped out and wrote itself down. The next day Spiro resigned. So I been writing a lot since!

[Intro] Am

^AmYou said you ^Cdidn't know That the ^Dmcats with the bugs were there ^FAnd you'd never ^Ggo along with that ^E7kind of stuff now^Amhere ^AmBut that just isn't the ^Cpoint, man That's the ^Dmwrong wrong way to go If ^Fyou didn't know about ^Gthat one, well then ^E7what else don't you k^Amnow?

^AmYou said that you were ^Clied to Well ^Dmthat ain't hard too see ^FBut you must have been ^Gfooled again by your ^E7friends across the se^Ama ^AmAnd maybe you were ^Cfooled again by your ^Dmpeople here at home 'Cause ^Fnobody could ^Gtalk like you And ^E7know what's going o^Amn

No^Ambody elected your ^Cfamily And we ^Dmdidn't elect your friends No one ^Fvoted for your ad^Gvisors And no^E7body wants am^Amends ^AmYou're the one we ^Cvoted for, so ^Dmyou must take the blame For ^Fhanding out au^Gthority to ^E7men who are ins^Amane

^AmYou say it's all fixed ^Cup now; you've got ^Dmnew guys on the line ^FBut you had better re^Gmember this while ^E7you still got the t^Amime ^AmMothers still are ^Cweeping for their ^Dmboys that went to war and ^Ffathers are still ^Gasking what the ^E7whole damn thing was f^Amor And ^Ampeople still are ^Chungry, and ^Dmpeople still are poor And an ^Fhonest week of ^Gwork these days don't ^E7feed the kids no m^Amore ^AmSchools are still like ^Cprisons Cuz we ^Dmdon't learn how to live And ^Feverybody ^Gwants to take, no^E7body wants to gi^Amve

^AmYes you'll be re^Cmembered, be re^Dmmembered very well ^FAnd if I live a ^Glong life, oh, the ^E7stories I could t^Amell! ^AmOf men and wars and ^Cpoverty. Of ^Dmsickness and of greed Hell ^Fyes You'll be re^Gmembered, be rem^E7embered very we^Amll ^AmYou said you ^Cdidn't know That the ^Dmcats with the bugs were there ^FAnd you'd never ^Ggo along with that ^E7kind of stuff no^Amwhere ^AmBut that just isn't the ^Cpoint man That's the ^Dmwrong, wrong way to go If ^Fyou didn't know about ^Gthat one Well then ^E7what else don't you ^Amknow?

Arlo Guthrie - Presidential rag