Newspoem.

Song about Al Gore

C
Al Gore
G
I thought they'd never write a song about you

G
Al Gore
C
Why would they ever write a song about you?

(AEA#E#)
Al Gore?

(bar on tenth fret)
Did you know they wrote a song about you? [Al Gore!

(AEA#E#)
Al Gore?

(make melody high up on high E string w/upward melody at end)

(spoken:) Well heck fellas, I guess I'm just not much of a politician!

(funk chord on first fret, slide up every verse or so, keeping the beat)

(spoken/rap section:)

Remember when you were campaigning, Al, and you wrote your book Earth in the Balance??
Back then there was this whole thing about a spotted owl or something, remember?
You weren't afraid to go on TV and admit to being something of a treehugger, you devil
And though you were by your own admission something other than a dynamic speaker
(at your best in the background you were, like most people think of an environment)

(start descending with funk chord here)

For a fleeting instant we could tell the difference between the Democratic and Republican candidates, but now
(end on funk chord first fret)

Al Gore
I thought they'd never write a song about you
Al Gore
Why would they ever write a song about you?

Al Gore?
Did you know they wrote a song about you? [Al Gore!
Al Gore?
(spoken) Well heck fellas, I guess I'm just not much of a politician


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