E G Am C Em E--0-----3----0--------0- B--0-----0----1-----1--0- G--1-----0----2-----0--0- D--2-----0----2-----2--2- A--2-----2----0-----3--2- E--0-----3-------------0- Listen to the song for the fluid strumming pattern Intro E - G - Am - C x 2 Election time is comin E - G - Am - C x 2 E G If I was president, Am C E G I'd get elected on Friday, assasinated on Saturday, Am C buried on Sunday. E G If I was president... Am C If I was president E G Am C An old man told me, instead of spending billions on the war, E G Am C we can use some of that money, in the ghetto. E G Am C I know some so poor, when it rains that's when they shower, E G screaming "FIGHT THE POWER". Am C That's when the vulture devoured. [chorus] E G If I was president... Am C If I was president E G But the radio won't play this. Am C They call this rebel music. E G Am C How can you refuse it, children of Moses? [Chorus] E G If I was president... Am C If I was president E G Tell the children the truth, the truth! Am C Christopher Columbus didn't discover America. E G Tell them the truth, the truth YEAH! Am C Tell them about Marcus Garvey. E G Tell the children the truth YEAH! the truth! Am C Tell them about Martin Luther King. E G Tell them the truth, G The Truth. Am C Tell them about JFK E G If I was president, Am C E G I'd get elected on Friday, assasinated on Saturday, Am C buried on Sunday. E G If I was president... Am C Em If I was president - Wyclef Jean