To Washington
John Cougar Mellencamp
Traditional
Trouble No More
Standard tuning.
Chords used:
G:320003
C:032010
D:000232 or D7:000212 (it’s up to you)
G7:320001
Intro: (G) (G7) (C) (G) (D) (G)
1.Verse:
(G)Eight years of peace and prosperity(G7)
(C)Scandal in the White House
(G)An election is what we need
From coast-to-(D)coast to (G) Washington
2:Verse:
(G)So America voted on a president(G7)
(C)No one kept count
(G)On how the election went
From (D) Florida to (G) Washington
3.Verse:
(G)Goddamn, said one side
And the other said the (G7) same
(C)Both looked pretty guilty
(G)But no one took the blame
From coast-to-(D)coast to (G) Washington
4.Verse:
(G)So a new man in the White House
With a familiar (G7) name
(C)Said he had some fresh ideas
(G)But it’s worse now since he came
From (D) Texas to (G)Washington
5.Verse:
(G)And he wants to fight with many
And he says it’s not for(G7) oil
(C)He sent out the National Guard
(G)To police the world
From (D) Baghdad to(G) Washington
6.Verse:
(G)What is the thought process
To take a humans (G7)life
(C)What would be the reason
(G)To think that this is right
From(D) heaven to (G)Washington
From (D) Jesus Christ to(G) Washington
