The Campaigner
Key: DEnglish
Intro
F Bb F Dm Bb
Verse
I Fam a lonely visitor.
I Bbcame too late to cause a stir
Though I Fcampaigned all my Dmlife towards that Bbgoal.
I hardly slept the A7night you wept;
DmOur secret's safe and Dm/Cstill well kept
CWhere even Richard Nixon has got Dmsoul.
BbEven Richard Nixon has got Csoul.
Dm Bb Dm G
Verse
FTraffic cops are all color blind.
BbPeople steal from their own kind.
FEvening comes too Dmearly for a Bbstroll.
Down neon streets the A7streaker streaks.
DmThe speaker speaks but the Dm/Ctruth still leaks
CWhere even Richard Nixon has got Dmsoul.
Verse
FThe podium rocks in the crowded waves.
BbThe speaker talks of the beautiful saves
FThat went down long Dmbefore he played this Bbrole
For the hotel queens and the A7magazines
DmTest tube genes and Dm/Cslot machines
BbWhere even Richard Nixon has Cgot it Dmsoul.
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Verse
FHospitals have made him cry
BbBut there's always a free way in his eye
FThough his beach just got too Dmcrowded for his Bbstroll.
Roads stretch out like A7healthy veins
DmAnd wild gift horses Dm/Cstrain the reins
CWhere even Richard Nixon has got Dmsoul.
BbEven Richard Nixon has got Csoul.
Dm Bb G Bb A7 Dm
Verse
I Fam a lonely visitor.
I Bbcame too late to cause a stir
FThough I campaigned all my Dmlife towards that Bbgoal.
Bb A7 Dm Dm/C