Wilco

Christ for President

Let's have Christ our president.
Let us have him for our king.
Cast your vote for the carpenter
that you call the Nazarene.

The only way we can ever beat
these crooked politician men
Is to run the money changers out of the temple
And put the Carpenter in

O It's Jesus Christ our president
God above our king
With a job and pension for young and old
We will make hallelujah ring

Every year we waste enough
to feed the ones who starve
We build our civilization up
and we shoot it down with wars

But with the Carpenter on the seat
away up in the capitol town
The USA would be on the way prosperity bound!
Published by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc./Warner-Tamerlane Publishing
Corp./Words-Ampersand Music [BMI]/Titanic Majesties Music [ASCAP]

Words: Woody Guthrie [no date]
Music: Jeff Tweedy/Jay Bennett 1997
Jay Bennett: banjo, piano, clavinet
Billy Bragg: National guitar
Ken Coomer: drums and percussion
John Stirratt: acoustic bass, bass pedals
Jeff Tweedy: acoustic guitar, vocal

Played Live On

09.23.2017
Kansas City, MO - Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland

w/ Creamer

07.29.2017
Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival

04.21.2017
Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre

Annual Benefit for Education

09.17.2016
Mill Valley, CA - Sound Summit

09.13.2016
Los Angeles, CA - The Theatre at Ace Hotel

w/ Kevin Morby

09.06.2016
San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore

w/ Joan Shelley

Must show credit card used at point of purchase to enter venue.

09.04.2016
Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

w/ Joan Shelley

09.02.2016
Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre

w/ Joan Shelley

08.31.2016
Boise, ID - Morrison Center

w/ Joan Shelley

07.23.2013
Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion

Americanarama Festival of Music

07.02.2013
Memphis, TN - Autozone Park

Americanarama Festival of Music

09.22.2012
Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre

All ages.

09.19.2012
Tucson, AZ - Tucson Convention Center Music Hall

All ages.

Jonathan Richman supports Sept 16-19, 22-29
09.16.2012
Columbia, MO - Live on Ninth Street

All ages.

09.15.2012
Chicago, IL - Hideout Block Party
07.27.2012
Newport, RI - Fort Adams State Park

Support: Blitzen Trapper, Megafaun
All ages.

07.18.2012
Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap

Support: Lee Ranaldo Band (of Sonic Youth)
All ages.

07.02.2012
Rochester, MN - Mayo Civic Center Auditorium

All ages.

10.26.2008
Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Ampitheater
05.02.2008
Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre

02.16.2008
Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre

12.07.2007
Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
11.26.2007
Chicago, IL - Private Residence
10.08.2006
Louisville, KY - Iroquois Amphitheater

09.22.2005
Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
10.29.2004
Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre

10.27.2004
Madison, WI - Orpheum Theatre

10.25.2004
Minneapolis, MN - The Orpheum Theatre

10.09.2004
Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
10.08.2004
Saratoga Springs, NY - The Sports Center Gym
10.03.2004
Northampton, MA - Calvin Theatre

10.02.2004
Waltham, MA - Shapiro Gymnasium - Brandeis University

10.01.2004
Boston, MA - The Wang Center

09.30.2004
Burlington, VT - Memorial Auditorium
09.24.2004
Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
09.22.2004
Nashville, TN - Uptown Mix
09.18.2004
Austin, TX - Stubbs BBQ

09.17.2004
Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
09.15.2004
St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre
09.14.2004
Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
10.25.2003
Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Ampitheater

09.19.2003
Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre

09.29.2001
Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
09.23.2001
New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
11.22.2000
Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
11.20.2000
Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
11.19.2000
Iowa City, IA - Union Bar
11.18.2000
Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue

11.17.2000
Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue

11.16.2000
Madison, WI - Barrymore Theater
09.19.2000
New York, NY - Irving Plaza
09.18.2000
New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
09.17.2000
Collingswood, NJ - Cooper River Island, WXPN
09.16.2000
New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
09.15.2000
Towson, MD - Recher Theatre
08.13.2000
Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Folk Festival
08.12.2000
Chicago, IL - Chicago Tribune - Rock The River
07.31.2000
San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore

07.30.2000
San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore

07.29.2000
San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore

07.27.2000
Seattle, WA - Pier 62-63
07.15.2000
Winter Park, CO - Winter Park American Music Festival
07.13.2000
Rochester Hills, MI - Meadow Brook Music Festival
07.11.2000
Baltimore, MD - Pier 6 Concert Pavilion
07.10.2000
Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap
07.08.2000
Danbury, CT - Charles Ives Center for the Arts
07.03.2000
Camden, ME - Camden Opera House
07.02.2000
Gilford, NH - Meadowbrook Farm
04.28.2000
New Orleans, LA - The Howlin Wolf
04.27.2000
Baton Rouge, LA - Varsity Theatre
11.24.1999
Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
11.23.1999
Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
11.22.1999
Indianapolis, IN - Vogue Theatre
11.20.1999
Toronto, ON - The Phoenix
11.18.1999
Northampton, MA - Calvin Theatre
11.14.1999
Portland, OR - The Asylum
11.11.1999
Boston, MA - The Avalon Ballroom
11.09.1999
New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
11.08.1999
Pittsburgh, PA - Metropol
11.06.1999
Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
11.05.1999
Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
10.28.1999
Madison, WI - Headliners
08.31.1999
St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing
08.28.1999
Chattanooga, TN - The Bay
08.16.1999
Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
08.15.1999
Austin, TX - Antone's
08.14.1999
Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
08.07.1999
Newport, RI - Fort Adams State Park, Newport Folk Festival
07.09.1999
Loreley, Germany - Loreley Festival
07.08.1999
Nurnberg, Germany - Hirsch
07.07.1999
Stuttgart, Germany - Rohre
07.02.1999
Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
06.29.1999
Berlin, Germany - Columbia Fritz
06.22.1999
Portsmouth, England - Wedgewood Rooms
06.21.1999
Manchester, England - Main Debating Hall - Manchester University Student Union
06.19.1999
Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre
06.05.1999
Oslo, Norway - Frognerbadet
05.22.1999
San Francisco, CA - Pier 30-32
05.21.1999
Portland, OR - Roseland Theater

05.20.1999
Seattle, WA - King Cat Theatre

05.19.1999
Vancouver, BC - The Palladium
05.08.1999
Grinnell, IA - Harris Center Concert Hall - Grinnell College
05.07.1999
Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
04.26.1999
Philadelphia, PA - Theater of the Living Arts
04.24.1999
Providence, RI - Alumni Hall - Brown University
04.23.1999
Boston, MA - The Avalon Ballroom
04.21.1999
New York, NY - Irving Plaza
04.20.1999
New York, NY - Irving Plaza
04.19.1999
Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
04.17.1999
Toronto, ON - The Guvernment
04.16.1999
Grand Rapids, MI - Fine Arts Center - Calvin College
04.15.1999
Urbana, IL - Canopy Club
04.14.1999
Madison, WI - Barrymore Theater
03.27.1999
London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire
03.25.1999
Hamburg, Germany - Gruenspan
02.17.1999
New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
12.31.1998
San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
12.30.1998
San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
10.03.1998
Chicago, IL - Tinley Park
09.12.1998
Lawrence, KS - Clinton Lake State Park
09.06.1998
Toledo, OH - Promenade Park
09.04.1998
Rockford, IL - On The Water Front Festival
08.30.1998
North Plains, OR - Horning's Hideout
08.14.1998
Charlotte, NC - Blockbuster Pavilion
08.01.1998
Seattle, WA - Marymoor Park
07.04.1998
Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest
06.28.1998
San Jose, CA - Spartan Stadium
06.13.1998
Randall's Island - Randall's Island
06.12.1998
Chicago, IL - Lounge Ax
12.31.1997
San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium