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Verse 1
I think I'm gonna run
Got a lot of work to be done in Washington
Bb
He talked to the poor folks,
the blacks and the youth
I think you're gonna lose
C
F
He said, I want that job myself
Well, there was Kennedy and Wallace
and Muskie in mind
McGovern couldn't seem to
get his ducks all in line
Bb
Somebody shot Wallace and Jackson,
he tried
F
Muskie might have made it,
but he broke down and cried
C
F
I'll tell you boys, it's a hard life
But down in Miami,
McGovern got it all
A strange -looking bunch
of folks inside Convention Hall
I need someone to carry the South
F
They picked poor Tom Eagleton,
but folks found him out
C
F
That liberal press, they gotta know it all
Well, McGovern took Shriver
and he started to run
Sarge said, units, let's have a little fun
almost everywhere they went
F
There was a big committee
to elect the president
I'll tell you now,
C
F
they were a smooth group
Well, they broke into Watergate
and tapped people's phones
The FBI and CIA
would not leave folks alone
Bb
The people in the White House
were bursting with pride
F
When the votes were all counted,
it was a big landslide
C
F
The USA bought a new used car
Russia and Vietnam and China were cool
The American press,
they could not find any news
Bb
So they dug in the Watergate
and the further they went
F
It seemed as if they might just
run into the President
C
F
You know it was a big shock
Well, there was Hardiman and Gray
and Mitchell and Dean
A whole lot of folks were shakin'
on the White House scene
Bb
They patched up the cracks
but the dam broke loose
could read in the news
C
F
And Nicky said, well, it's news to me
Well, there's Lincoln and Roosevelt
and Truman and I
All turnin' over in their
graves every night
back to Betsy Ross
F
Nobody knows what this country has lost
C
F
I will repeat, it's a hard life
Well, somewhere in this country
there's a hard -workin' man
Readin' his paper as
he tries to understand
Bb
Are there no honest people left anymore?
F
One night will he hear a pound nun
on his door
C
F
If it gets that way, Lord, help us all
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