The January Cold

Am G C Em Am C Am C The year was 1921 when Woodrow WIlson was not well G Am F Em He was beaten by the aftermath of the war to end all wars Am G C Em F C Handsome Warren Harding stood in the January cold G C G Am and swore to restore America's God-given heart and soul Am G C Em G Am C Harding was an average man whose friends played him for a fool G Am Em They abused the nation and the man to keep their pockets full F C G Em A consecrated President with a child by an affair Am C G Am Assured me and my countrymen with a wife whose name was Claire Am G C Em Am C G Am And how the flappers danced, how the movies flashed Am C G Em And how the strength of business boomed before the market crashed F C Em Am And how the modern world was born int he aftermath of war Am C G Am While the ballyhoo went on and on before the market hit the floor Am G C Em Am C Am C We made late peace with Germany and I marched and celebrated G Am F Em For Lindberg's flight and prohibition we toasted and we hated Am G C Em F C My government in Washington of by and for the people G C G Am Isolated and disarmed the country and seemed to save the world Am G C Em G Am C I worked the navy's oil reserves in Wyoming's Teapot Dome G Am Em While the Secretary of the Interior sold the Navy down the road F C G Em From the oil fields to Canada where the corporate deals were made Am C G Am Or secret loans and gifts before the Congress learned the game Am G C Em Am C G Am And how the flappers danced, how the movies flashed Am C G Em And how the strength of business boomed before the market crashed F C Em Am And how the modern world was born int he aftermath of war Am C G Am While the ballyhoo went on and on before the market hit the floor Am G C Em Am C Am C So how did free America take to the selling of its oil G Am F . Em And the butchering of offices by appointed criminals Am G C Em F C They called the Senate Committee scandal mongers, malicious and unclean G C G Am Bolshiveks and partisans with truth the country did not need Am G C Em G Am C The Harding I remember our hale fellow well met G Am Em Confused by native faith in friends and naive unworldliness F C G Em Died poisoned in Alaska as the scandals came to fame Am C G Am Some say it was his wife's revenge or mercy for his name Am G C Em Am C G Am And how the flappers danced, how the movies flashed Am C G Em And how the strength of business boomed before the market crashed F C Em Am And how the modern world was born int he aftermath of war Am C G Am While the ballyhoo went on and on before the market hit the floor Am G C Em Am