[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Honest to goodness
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The bars weren't open this morning
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They must have been voting for a new president of something
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Do you have a quarter?
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I said, "Yes", because I did
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Honest to goodness, the tears have been falling
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All over this country's face

[Chorus 1]
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It was better before, before they voted for What's-His-Name
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This was supposed to be the new world
       D                                    Bm
It was better before, before they voted for What's-His-Name
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This was supposed to be the new world

[Bridge]
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[Verse 2]
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Flint Ford Auto
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Mobile, Alabama
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Windshield Wiper
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Buffalo, New York
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Gary, Indiana
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Don't forget the Motor City
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Baltimore and D.C
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Now all we need is

[Chorus 2]
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Don't forget the Motor City
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This was supposed to be the new world
D                      Bm
Don't forget the Motor City
D                               E
This was supposed to be the new world

[Bridge]
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[Verse 3]
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All we need is money
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Just give us what you can spare
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Twenty or thirty pounds of potatoes
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Or twenty or thirty beers
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A turkey on Thanksgiving
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Like alms for the poor
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All we need are the necessities and more

[Bridge]
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[Chorus 3]
       D                                    Bm
It was better before, before they voted for What's-His-Name
D                               E
This was supposed to be the new world
       D                                    Bm
It was better before, before they voted for What's-His-Name
D                               E
This was supposed to be the new world

[Bridge]
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[Chorus 4]
D                      Bm
Don't forget the Motor City
D                               E
This was supposed to be the new world
D                      Bm
Don't forget the Motor City
D                               E
This was supposed to be the new world