Verse
F# C#
I turned on my TV, though it was hard to see
B C#
These men who’d be head of state
F# C#
What a great country, from sea to shining sea
B C# F#
We watch the Republicans debate
C#
Newt stood with his third wife, and said you bet your life
B C#
The president is a red
F# C#
He wants to tax the rich a lot and take your limo and your yacht
B C# F# F#7
He wants to have the bankers’ heads
B F#
And if he gets in again he’ll paint the White House pink and then
C# F# F#7
He’ll hire Chavez as his VP
B F#
Then we’ll be right on track to give capitalism the sack
C# C#7
Along with the insurance industry
[Chorus]
B F# C# D#m
If only it were true, if only it were true I’d be so happy — wouldn’t you?
B F# C# F#
If only it were true, if only it were true, if only it were true
[Verse]
C#
He’ll give everyone food stamps and wheelchair ramps
B C#
He’ll subsidize windmills and maple syrup
F# C#
He’ll cripple industries with eco-friendly policies
B C# F#
And pretty soon we will be just like Europe
C#
He’ll shut down oil wells and deliver solar cells
B C#
To each home in Delaware and Illinois
F# C#
He’ll ban logging in the parks, he’ll send the works of Karl Marx
B C# F# F#7
To the homes of every American girl and boy
B F#
He’ll abolish pesticides, he’ll be giving out free rides
C# F# F#7
And free lunches, too, inside his high-speed trains
B F#
He’ll start lots of public works, full of union perks
C# C#7
He’ll fill all the cities up with bicycle lanes
[Chorus]
B F# C# D#m
If only it were true, if only it were true I’d be so happy — wouldn’t you?
B F# C# F#
If only it were true, if only it were true, if only it were true
[Verse]
C#
Watch out, his critics tell, this shall be our death knell
B C#
He’ll pull the troops out and end all of our wars
F# C#
He’ll gut military spending, our empire will be ending
B C# F#
And soon we’ll be invaded by the Moors
C#
He’ll legalize all drugs, give away beer mugs
B C#
And hookas to every child — and Korans
F# C#
He’ll ban religions from the schools, give 40 acres and a mule
B C# F# F#7
To every person who makes less than 50 grand
B F#
He’ll shut down Guantanamo, to torture he’ll say no
C# F# F#7
He’ll make us all drive electric cars
B F#
He’ll reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, take off that damn flag pin
C# C#7
And he’ll put Rupert Murdoch behind bars
[Chorus]
B F# C# D#m
If only it were true, if only it were true I’d be so happy — wouldn’t you?
B F# C# F#
If only it were true, if only it were true, if only it were true
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