Intro
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I remember it well, I was just about three
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My dad said, "Son, what do you want to be?"
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It didn't ring no bell, but I said
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"Daddy, I'm a bit too young, what do you want from me?"
[Instrumental]
F#m6 F#m7 (x4)
[Verse 1]
F#5
I'm much older now, I'm almost a man
I can do anything, you bet I can
Raise a family, now wouldn't that be grand
C#m6 C#m7
So sorry, but I got bigger plans
F#5
You can be anything in the world today
Something like a preacher, a teacher, a baseball player
Those kind of things I just don't care
I want to represent the USA
[Pre-Chorus]
E5 C#5 B5 F#5 E5 C#5
Oh, as far as the eye oh say can you see
B5 F#5
I want to be the leader of the country
[Chorus]
F#5 F#
When I'm President
F#m6
Things will be different
C#/B F#
We'll start a new government
F#m6
When I'm President
F#5 B/F#
When I'm President
F#m6
You can be in my cabinet
E5 E5/D# E5/D
I'll be your heaven sent
C#m7
President
[Verse 2]
F#7
First things first, we're gonna change the rules
B/F#
Better listen up, all you boys and girls
F#7
Your prez says there'll be no after school
B/F#
So vote for me, now wouldn't that be cool
C#m6
(Yeah), yeah
C#m7
(Yeah), yeah
F#5
Now I know there's trouble in the Middle East
I'll spend all the money when I stop the Arms Race
On my brothers in the desert, gonna have themselves a feast
When that's done, then we'll start on world peace
[Pre-Chorus]
E5 C#5 B5 F#5
Oh, you know what he said
E5 C#5 B5 F#5
"Remember, I wanna be elected"
[Chorus]
F#5 F#
When I'm President
F#m6
Things will be different
C#/B F#
We'll start a new government
F#m6
When I'm President
F#5 B/F#
When I'm President
F#m6
You can be in my cabinet
E5 E5/D# E5/D
I'll be your heaven sent
C#m7
President
[Guitar Solo] Rhythm is ascending single note loosely based on F#m.
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[Bridge]
F#5
President
F#5
President
[Chorus/Guitar Solo]
F#5 F#
When I'm president
F#m6
Things will be different
C#/B F#
We'll start a new government
F#m6
When I'm president
F#5 B/F#
When I'm president
F#m6
You can be in my cabinet
E5 E5/D# E5/D
I'll be your heaven sent...
F#5
I'm President!
F#m6
Things will be different
C#/B F#5
I'd like a new government
F#m6
When I'm president
F#5 B/F#
When I'm president
F#m6
Say, you can be in my cabinet
E5 E5/D# E5/D
I'll be your heaven sent president...oh,yeah!
[Outro]
F#m6 F#m7 (x4)
E5 C#5 B5 F#5 (x8 and fade)