Biography:
Jonathan Coulton is a geek rock / folk rock musician active since 2003 from Brooklyn, known for his songs about geek culture. He is best known for such compositions as "Still Alive" and "Code Monkey", as well as his cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back". He is the Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science magazine and the musical director for John Hodgman's Little Gray Book Lectures.
Every week for a year Coulton released a new song for free on his website as part of his Thing a Week podcast
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Other songs:
- A Talk With George
- Alone At Home
- Artificial Heart
- Baby Got Back (acoustic Version)
- Baby Got Back Acoustic
- Betty And Me
- Big Bad World One
- Chiron Beta Prime
- Code Monkey
- Dissolve
- Down Today
- Drinking With You
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- First Of May
- Glasses
- Good Morning Tuscon
- I Crush Everything
- I'm Your Moon
- Ikea
- Mr. Fancy Pants
- My Monkey
- Nemeses
- Not About You
- One Christmas At A Time
- Portal - Still Alive - Valve (full)
- Re: Your Brains
- Shopvac
- Skullcrusher Mountain
- Soft Rocked By Me
- Still Alive
- Still Alive- Artificial Heart Version
- The Future Soon
- Tom Cruise Crazy
- When You Go
- You Ruined Everything
- Want You Gone
- A Laptop Like You
- All This Time
- Always The Moon
- Baby Got Back
- Ball And Chain
- Better
- Blue Sunny
- Blue Sunny Day
- Bozos Lament
- Brave
- Brookline
- Cave
- Christmas Is Interesting
- Creepy Doll
- Curl
- Dance Soterios Johnson Dance
- De
- Dont Talk To Strangers
- Flickr
- Fraud
- Furry Old Lobster
- Gamblers Prayer
- Good Morning Tucson
- I Feel Fantastic
- I Hate California
- I Will
- If The Earth Were A Sandwich
- Im Having A Party
- Im Your Moon
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- Love Aint No Billy Goat
- Madelaine
- Mandelbrot Set
- Millionaire Girlfriend
- Mr Fancy Pants
- My Beige Bear
- Nemesese
- Nobody Loves You Like Me
- Nobodys Above The Law
- Now I Am An Arsonist
- Octopus
- Ordinary Man
- Over There
- Overhead
- Pizza Day
- Podsafe Christmas Song
- Popsci Podcast On The Moon
- Previously On Braindead
- Re Your Brains
- Red Shirt
- Screwed
- Shop Vac
- So Far So Good
- Solid State
- Someone Is Crazy
- Space Doggity
- Square Things
- Sticking It To Myself
- Sucker Punch
- The Big Boom
- The Presidents
- The Presidents Song
- The Princess Who Saved Herself
- The Town Crotch
- The World Belongs To You
- There You Are
- Today With Your Wife
- Todd The T1000
- Under The Pines
- You Could Be Her
- You Wouldnt Know
- Your Tattoo
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The revised 2009 version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPlEsTEVHRg
CAPO 1
C G C
Washington came first and he was perfect,
C G
John Adams kept us out of war with France
F Am
Jefferson made a Louisiana Purchase
D7 G G7
In 1812 James Madison kicked the British in the pants
C G C
James Monroe told Europe they could suck it
C F
John Quincy Adams looked just like his Dad
F C Am
Andrew Jackson got rid of all the Indians
D7 G C
Van Buren served one term but he wasn't bad
C G C
William Henry Harrison died early
C G
John Tyler annexed Texas from Mexico
F Am
James K. Polk fought Mexico to keep it
D7 G G7
Taylor was a Mexican War hero
C G C
Filmore gave a boat to Commodore Perry
C F
Pierce repealed the Missouri Compromise
F C Am
Buchanan saw the Civil War's beginnings
D7 G C
Lincoln saved the Union, then he died
C G C
Andrew Johnson just survived impeachment
C G
General Grant thought getting drunk was fun
F Am
Rutherford B. Hayes ended reconstruction
D7 G G7
Garfield was assassinated in 1881
C G C
Arthur suspended Chinese immigration
C F
Cleveland made the railroad people squirm
F C Am
Harrison signed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
D7 G C
Grover Cleveland served another term?
C G C
McKinley kept the Spanish out of Cuba
C G
Roosevelt was handy with a gun
F Am
Taft was big and fat and had a mustache
D7 G G7
Wilson kicked some ass in World War I
C G C
Harding said let's laissez-faire with business
C F
Coolidge made the roaring 20's roar
F C Am
Hoover screwed the pooch in the Great Depression
D7 G C
Roosevelt beat the Nazis in the war
C G C
Truman dropped the bomb on Hiroshima
C G
Eisenhower kept the commies well in hand
F Am
Kennedy was killed by a magic bullet
D7 G G7
Johnson murdered kids in Vietnam
C G C
Nixon was a sweating filthy liar
C F
Ford gave Nixon pardon for his crimes
F C Am
Carter lusted in his heart for peanuts
D7 G C
Reagan won the Cold War and lost his mind
C G C
George Bush senior poked at Saddam Hussein
C G
Clinton gave an intern a cigar
F Am
W's rein of terror's finally over
D7 G G7
Obama's pretty excellent so far
C G C
The year two-thousand nine we're out of money
C F
Somewhere surely freedom's on the march
F C Am
I don't like to make political statements
D7 G C
CAPO 1
C G C
Washington came first and he was perfect,
C G
John Adams kept us out of war with France
F Am
Jefferson made a Louisiana Purchase
D7 G G7
In 1812 James Madison kicked the British in the pants
C G C
James Monroe told Europe they could suck it
C F
John Quincy Adams looked just like his Dad
F C Am
Andrew Jackson got rid of all the Indians
D7 G C
Van Buren served one term but he wasn't bad
C G C
William Henry Harrison died early
C G
John Tyler annexed Texas from Mexico
F Am
James K. Polk fought Mexico to keep it
D7 G G7
Taylor was a Mexican War hero
C G C
Filmore gave a boat to Commodore Perry
C F
Pierce repealed the Missouri Compromise
F C Am
Buchanan saw the Civil War's beginnings
D7 G C
Lincoln saved the Union, then he died
C G C
Andrew Johnson just survived impeachment
C G
General Grant thought getting drunk was fun
F Am
Rutherford B. Hayes ended reconstruction
D7 G G7
Garfield was assassinated in 1881
C G C
Arthur suspended Chinese immigration
C F
Cleveland made the railroad people squirm
F C Am
Harrison signed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
D7 G C
Grover Cleveland served another term?
C G C
McKinley kept the Spanish out of Cuba
C G
Roosevelt was handy with a gun
F Am
Taft was big and fat and had a mustache
D7 G G7
Wilson kicked some ass in World War I
C G C
Harding said let's laissez-faire with business
C F
Coolidge made the roaring 20's roar
F C Am
Hoover screwed the pooch in the Great Depression
D7 G C
Roosevelt beat the Nazis in the war
C G C
Truman dropped the bomb on Hiroshima
C G
Eisenhower kept the commies well in hand
F Am
Kennedy was killed by a magic bullet
D7 G G7
Johnson murdered kids in Vietnam
C G C
Nixon was a sweating filthy liar
C F
Ford gave Nixon pardon for his crimes
F C Am
Carter lusted in his heart for peanuts
D7 G C
Reagan won the Cold War and lost his mind
C G C
George Bush senior poked at Saddam Hussein
C G
Clinton gave an intern a cigar
F Am
W's rein of terror's finally over
D7 G G7
Obama's pretty excellent so far
C G C
The year two-thousand nine we're out of money
C F
Somewhere surely freedom's on the march
F C Am
I don't like to make political statements
D7 G C
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