James K Polk Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

 In eiCghteen forty-GfoBur, the DCemoFcrAats were spClitG C F

 The tChree nomiGneBes for the prCesidFenAtial candiCdateG C F

 Were CMartin Van GBuren, a Cformer presiFdent and anC aboFlitioGnist

 James BuCchanan, a FmodeGrate

 Louis CCass, a Fgeneral Gand exAmpansioDnistD C D B D A

 From CNashville Fcame a Cdark horse FridingG up

 He was CJames K. AmPolk, NaFpoleon Gof the CStumpF C G

Verse 2

Austere, severe, he held few people dear

His oratory filled his foes with fear

The factions soon agreed

He's just the man we need

To bring about victory

Fulfill our manifest destiny

And annex the land the Mexicans command

And when the votes were cast the winner was

Mister James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump

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Verse 3

In four short years he'd met his every goal

He seized the whole southwest from Mexico

Made sure the tarriffs fell

And made the English sell the Oregon territory

He built an independent treasury

Having done all this he sought no second term

But precious few have mourned the passing of

Mister James K. Polk, our eleventh president

Young Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump