C            G/B       C  F/A         C  G  C  F
In eighteen forty-four, the Democrats were split
     C        G/B           C   F/A        C   G  C  F
The three nominees for the presidential candidate
     C          G        C           F          C   F    G  G
Were Martin Van Buren, a former president and an abolitionist
        C         F   G
James Buchanan, a moderate
      C       F       G     Am    D   D/C  D/B  D/A
Louis Cass, a general and expansionist
     C         F      C          F     G  G  G  G
From Nashville came a dark horse riding up
       C        Am      F      G      C    F  C  G
He was James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump


[Verse 2]
     C     G/B       C  F/A         C  G  C  F
Austere, severe, he held few people dear
     C     G/B       C  F/A         C  G  C  F
His oratory filled his foes with fear
     C          G        C                    F          C        F    G  G
The factions soon agreed He's just the man we need To bring about victory
            C         F   G
Fulfill our manifest destiny
      C       F       G     Am    D   D/C  D/B  D/A
And annex the land the Mexicans command
     C         F      C          F     G  G  G  G
And when the votes were cast the winner was
       C        Am      F      G      C    F  C  G
Mister James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump


[Bridge]
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C  F  C  F     G
C  Am F  G     C  F  C  G

[Verse 3]
     C        G/B       C       F/A     C  G  C  F
In four short years he'd met his every goal
     C        G/B       C         F/A C  G  C  F
He seized the whole southwest from Mexico
     C                G        C                F        C      F       G G
Made sure the tariffs fell And made the English sell the Oregon territory
            C           F     G
He built an independent treasury
       C        F       G         Am     D   D/C  D/B  D/A
Having done all this he sought no second term
     C         F      C          F     G  G  G  G
But precious few have mourned the passing of
       C        Am         F       G      D D D D
Mister James K. Polk, our eleventh president

      C     Am   F      G      C    F  C
Young Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump