[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]
Am6   Am7   (x4)
 
[Verse 1]
A5
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
                                  Em6  Em7
So sorry, but I got bigger plans
A5
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]
G5  E5         D5 A5                G5      E5
       Oh, as far as the eye oh say can you see
                   D5   A5
I want to be the leader of the country
 
[Chorus]
          A5  A
When I'm President
Am6
Things will be different
       E/D                  A
We'll start a new government
Am6
When I'm President
A5             D/A
When I'm President
Am6
You can be in my cabinet
             G5 G5/F# G5/F
I'll be your heaven sent
Em7
      President
 
[Verse 2]
A7
First things first, we're gonna change the rules
                                D/A
Better listen up, all you boys and girls
      A7
Your prez says there'll be no after school
                                D/A
So vote for me, now wouldn't that be cool
Em6
(Yeah), yeah
       Em7
(Yeah), yeah
A5
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]
G5  E5                    D5  A5
        Oh, you know what he said
G5  E5             D5  A5
   "Remember, I wanna be elected"
 
[Chorus]
          A5  A
When I'm President
Am6
Things will be different
       E/D                  A
We'll start a new government
Am6
When I'm President
A5             D/A
When I'm President
Am6
You can be in my cabinet
             G5 G5/F# G5/F
I'll be your heaven sent
Em7
      President
 
[Guitar Solo] Rhythm is ascending single note loosely based on F#m.
N.C.   (x6)
 
[Bridge]
A5
President
A5
President
 
[Chorus/Guitar Solo]
A5                A
When I'm president
Am6
Things will be different
E/D                         A
We'll start a new government
Am6
When I'm president
          A5   D/A
When I'm president
Am6
You can be in my cabinet
             G5 G5/F# G5/F
I'll be your heaven sent...
A5
I'm President!
Am6
Things will be different
E/D           A5
I'd like a new government
Am6
When I'm president
         A5   D/A
When I'm president
Am6
Say, you can be in my cabinet
             G5 G5/F# G5/F
I'll be your heaven sent president...oh,yeah!
 
[Outro]
Am6  Am7 (x4)
G5   E5    D5  A5  (x8 and fade)