Kill The President (acoustic)(Cavaco chords)

	        

Intro: Cadd4 C (6x) 

Cadd4               C   
What's the bullshit for? 

Cadd4                            C   
Verbal battlefield. Syllables of war. 

C 
I shut myself off. It happens again. 

C                                           G F# 
You're not my friend. You're not my friend. 


You're not my friend. 

C G A F (2x) 



switch to barre chords 

C                          G                   A 
The winter knocked down my door like a selfish bitch 

              F                          C 
I'm glad that you haven't got your  wish 

                  G 
in the cold, all alone, I've been thinking of 

A            F 
everyone but you. 

       C 
And it feels like seventh grade again 

    G 
and none of this will ever end 

    A 
I'm just your public malcontent 

 F 
another extraneous trend. 

      C 
Don't try to be like me  

            G 
because I'm not one to compete  

     A                              F 
to obtain the status of a symbol of idolatry. 



A             F                       C 
This time I'd really rather be alone. 

          G 
Can we forget this? I can just go home. 

A             F             F   G 
This time I'd really rather be alone. 




C       G                         A 
Acting unaffected by this hand of fate. 

                     F                    C 
Saying 'everything's ok!' with a straight face. 

                    G                              A         F G 
I remember when you said I could count on your for anything. 

                    C 
...and I still hold on. 

                          G 
You'll hold off and play another dumb charade again. 

    A                             F 
I'm driving my car home and never walking in the rain again. 

  C                               G 
I miss the smell of Taco Bell and places that we knew too well. 

F 
Driving me crazy. Driving me crazy. Driving me crazy. 

F 
Driving me crazy! 




A             F                      C 
This time I'd really rather be alone. 

          A 
Can we forget this mess and just go home? 

A             F             G        G# 
This time I'd really rather be alone. 


A            G  F              A 
I'm bleeding profusely from my insides 

C                     Em           G                             A 
While you're smiling 'cause you're stealing all of my best lines. 

            G            F             G 
I'm doubled over and I'm taking my own side. 

C                    Em     G 
Over and over again. I'm so useless. 

Em  A        G      F    Em 
Now you're becoming everything. 

      Dm     Em  F 
(Well was I ever anything?) 

C               Em     G 
Everyone I love always leaves me. 

Em A          G        F     Em 
My judgment's been off every time. 

        Dm         Em     F 
(You're words will always still be mine) 





A             F                      C 
This time I'd really rather be alone. 

          G 
Can we forget this? I could just go home. 

A             F             G        G# 
This time I'd really rather be alone. 

A            G  F              A 
I'm bleeding profusely from my insides 

C                     Em           G                             A 
While you're smiling 'cause you're stealing all of my best lines. 

            G            F             G 
I'm doubled over and I'm taking my own side. 




Ska upstrokes pattern here 

    C           G                  A 
And how I'll be slapped on crowded streets. 

            Em                 Dm 
And in some lame cry of defeat 

          Em 
I'll open up 

              Dm 
I'll shout it loud: 

            G                        C 
'Fuck that! Turn off the new sound!' 

        G                  A 
I'll be slapped on crowded streets. 

            Em                 Dm 
And in some lame cry of defeat 

          Em 
I'll open up 

              Dm 
I'll shout it loud: 

      Em         F                              Dm 
'Fuck that! Turn off the new sound! Fuck that!' 

      Em         C                              Dm 
'Fuck that! Turn off the new sound! Fuck that!' 

      Em         F           G 
'Fuck that! Turn off the new sound!' 



C                    Em     G 
Over and over again. I'm so useless. 

Em  A        G      F    Em 
Now you're becoming everything. 

      Dm     Em  F 
(Well was I ever anything?) 

C               Em     G 
Everyone I love always hates me. 

Em A   G      F   Em   Dm 
My judgment's off this time (for the last time.) 

C                       Em   G 
No one in this world is ever listening.(What's left beside me now?) 

A     G       F Em Dm        Em  F 
Pay attention now. Pay attention now. 
  
C                       Em   G                                        Em 
No one in this world is ever listening.(Pay attention. Pay attention.) 

A                          F             G 
Pay attention now. Better, pay attention now. 

          C 
Now. Now. Now. 



ocultar tablatura

For this part, I keep playing the C chord, but change the bass note, like this 
E|---------------------------------------------| 
B|-1----------1-----1-----------------------1--| 
G|---------------------------------------------| 
D|-2----------2-----2-----------------------2--| 
A|-3----3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0-------------------3--| 
E|------------------------3-3-3-2-2-2-1-1-1----| 


         C              C 
At home alone again all night. 


(At home alone again all night...) 

                               C 
Expect the worst and you'll be right.