Wyclef Jean If I Was President TAB/Chords/MP3

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Wyclef Jean If I Was President TAB/Chords/MP3

Unread post by GuitarGuy305 » Fri Oct 08, 2004 12:23 pm

Anyone know where I can get an accurate transcription of this song?


Also, an MP3 download? Anyone have it?



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Unread post by filmdude100cms » Fri Oct 08, 2004 12:29 pm

id like to make the same request, saw him do it on chapelle, it was really cool

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Unread post by GSR » Fri Oct 08, 2004 10:55 pm

the acoustic bass in that song was cool, i wonder what it was.
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Unread post by GuitarGuy305 » Sat Oct 09, 2004 9:23 am

Downloaded it, uploaded it to my site:

http://home.mchsi.com/~guitarguy305/WyclefPresident.mp3

And tabbed it, it's about as simple as you get. All the creativity in this song is in the lyrics, which are below as well.

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  Em    G    Am    C 
E--0-----3----0----(3)-------------------------------------------
B--0-----0----1-----1--------------------------------------------
G--0-----0----2-----0--------------------------------------------
D--2-----0----2-----2--------------------------------------------
A--2-----2----0-----3--------------------------------------------
E--0-----3-------------------------------------------------------


End on: Em
E---0---
B---0---
G---0---
D---2---
A---2---
E---0---


Lyrics:

(spoken}
Election time is comin'

(Chorus}
If I was President
I'd get elected on Friday,
Assassinated on Saturday,
And buried on Sunday
If I was President.
If I was President....

An Old man told me
Instead of spending Billions on the war,
We could use some of that money in the Ghetto.

I know some so poor
When it rains that's when they shower,
Screamin fight the power
That's when the vulture devoured.

(Chorus)

The Radio won't play this
They call it rebel music.
How can you refuse it Children of Moses?

{Chorus}

Tell the children the truth, the truth
Christopher Columbus didn't discover America.
Tell them the truth, the truth, yeah.
Tell them about Marcus Garvey.
Tell them the truth, yeah the truth
Tell them about Martin Luther King.
Tell them the truth, the truth
Tell them about JFK.

{Chorus}

If i was President.

{Spoken}
That's the truth right there



Adam

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