The Ballad of Gary Hart

Words & Music by Tom Paxton


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Who's that running down the alley 
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In the dark of Friday night 

As he zippers up his trousers 
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In the inky slinky light 

C
Why, of course, it's good old Gary 
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Leaping over someone's fence 
           G
Yes, it's good old Gary Hart 
                           C
I wouldn't keep you in suspense 

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He likes going out to parties 
          G
He likes being a rolling stone 

And he ran things for McGovern 
      F                     C
So I guess we should have known 

C
He likes warm and willing women 
          F
He likes being where they are 
             G
He couldn't sing, he couldn't dance 
                          C
But he just had to be a star 

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	So he went into the Politics Game 
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	Yes, he went into the politics game 
                F                G
	Warren Beatty told him "looky" 
                 C            Am
	You can get a lot of nookie 
	        C            G        C
	If you get into the politics game 

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When he made it to the Senate 
       G
Gary started making hay 

Gary started making nearly 
       F                  C
Everything that came his way 

C
He liked taking a position 
         F
But when all is said and done 
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Gary's favorite position 
                   C
Was the missionary one 

C
Jimmy Dean was Gary's hero 
         G
And he studied him with care 

How he stood and how he walked 
          F                 C
And even how he wore his hair 

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But the thing that moved him most 
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And made him swear he'd never fail 
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If he made it to the White House 
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Think of all the chicks he'd nail 

	       C             G        C
	So he went into the Politics Game 
	         F             G        C
	Yes, he went into the politics game 
                F                G
	Warren Beatty told him "looky" 
                 C            Am
	You can get a lot of nookie 
	        C            G        C
	If you get into the politics game 

C
Well, he met her at a party 
         G
And her name was Donna Rice 

She was Gary's kind of woman 
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She was pure "Miami Vice" 

C
She thought he was Gary Collins 
           F
And could get her on TV 
        G
She suggested monkey business 
                      C
And the rest is history 

C
When they caught him makin' whooppee 
         G
And the campaign had to cease 

Gary went into seclusion 
         F                C
He just had to find some peace 

C
He's been out in Colorado 
          F
Since, I can't remember when 
        G
But he must be gettin' horny 
                           C
'Cause he's runnin' once again 

	       C                  G        C
	So he's running into the Politics Game 
	         F                  G        C
	Yes, he's running into the politics game 
                F                G
	Warren Beatty told him "looky" 
                 C            Am
	You can get a lot of nookie 
	        C            G        C
	If you get into the politics game