John Lee Hooker For President Chords by Ry Cooder

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_ I heard [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] a lot of people talking about the White [A] House. _
_ [F] _ [A] I decided I'd drop in there that night.
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When I got there, I said, man, we're shaking.
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They said, look, man, you can't come in here.
This is where the president [D] hangs out.
What you want?
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I said, look, man, I'm John Lee Hooker.
I sing the blues.
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They [A#] said the president don't have [F#] time for the [D] blues.
[F#] I said, look, man, [D] everybody got to have [A] the blues sometimes,
no matter [D] where you're from or where you're at.
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[D] So I decided to make a run for President.
_ Yeah, I [A] know everybody got the blues,
because I'm in touch with [F] them when I [A] sing.
It's my life. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] The number one record in Detroit right now
[F] is called [D] Boom Boom. _
[A] Yeah, it tells a tremendous story.
This lyric is something else.
I want you to dig it [F#] and pick up on it.
And every time you hear [C] Boom Boom, that's a dollar change.
[F] I don't need your money, because I [A] financed my own campaign.
I ain't for sale. _
I keep a [F#m] fatback roll in my pocket, baby,
big as a [A] hay bale.
_ _ Yes, [D] sir.
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_ _ _ _ _ Now I want everybody to know I'm strictly copasstatic.
_ I ain't Republican or Democratic.
_ _ _ _ _ I got a new program for the nation.
[Dm] There's going to be a groove time, a [A] big sensation.
_ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ Every [C#] man and woman gets one [A] scotch, one bourbon, one beer.
Three times a day if they stay cool. _
[E] _ _ _ [A] A little chillin' gets [C] milk, cream, [A] and alcohol.
[D] Two times a day if they stay involved in [F] school.
[E] I book it, _ [D] chillin'.
Yes, sir.
Mm _ [Am]-hmm, oh, Lord, [Gm]
Lord.
[A] _ I've got a mighty time.
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ I want nine fine-looking women sitting on the Supreme Court.
_ Their big legs, [E] their tight skirts drive me out of my mind.
When I need a judgment, they're going to give [Am] it to me right on time. _ _
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They call me on the phone [F#] saying, Johnny,
_ _ [Dm] we disagree on which one of us you like [D] the best.
_ [Am] I said, honey, you're all [A] equally fine under the law. _ _
Yes, sir.
Now I'm sharpening up the day, Jimmy Reed,
Vice President, little Johnny Taylor, Secretary of State. _ _
_ _ I've got the [D] foreign policy numbers 444.
_ Domestic [A#] spending going up, continental clothes,
[A] Stetson hats, everybody's on a dance floor. _ _
_ _ Yes, sir.
_ [B] All you [A] backbiters and syndicators, hear what I say. _ _
I ain't going to stand for no trash talking, double dealing.
[Am] If I catch you messing around [D] the White House, while I'm there,
[Am] I might cut you, I might shoot you, I just don't know. _ _ _ _
And there's one point I really want to prove.
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If you vote for John Lee Hooker, [F] you know you're going to groove. _
_ Don't be fooled by the Republican.
Don't pity the [Gm] Democratic.
_ Vote John Lee Hook and everything's going to be [N] mellow, knocked out, copasstatic. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ See you some [Gm] more rainy day.
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