Dear Mr President

Capo: fret 3 
 
Intro: G, D, Em, D 
 
Verse: 
G                D                            Em            D (ONE STRUM) 
Dear Mr President, come take a walk with me 
            G                           D 
Lets pretend, we're just two people and, you're not better than me, 
          Em                                   D 
I'd like to, ask you some questions if we could, speak honestly. 
 
C       C/B    Am                 G                     D 
What do you feel when you see the homeless on the street? 
C      C/B   Am                 G                   D 
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep? 
C       C/B   Am                     Em        D 
What do you feel when you look in the mirror? 
           Cadd9          Cadd9 
Are you proud? 
 
Chorus: 
            G               D          Am     Am/B     C 
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry? 
            G             D             Am              C 
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye? 
             G             D         Am        Am/B     C 
How do you walk with your head held high? 
               Em     D         Cadd9 
Can you even look me in the eye? 
 
And tell me why 
 
Repeat Intro 
 
 
Verse 2: 
G                 D 
Dear Mr president, were you a lonley boy 
Em                     D 
Were you a lonley boy? 
                G                        D 
How can you say, no child is left behind 
                                    Em 
we're not dumb, and we're not blind 
                                  D 
They're all sitting in your cells 
 
while you pave the road to hell 
 
C     C/B     Am                        G                 D 
What kind of father might take his own daughter right away? 
C       C/B      Am                          G                     D 
And what kind of father might hates his own daughter if she were gay? 
C          C/B                   Em           D 
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say 
              Cadd9                       Cadd9 
you've come a long way, from whiskey and cocaine 
 
Chorus: 
            G               D          Am     Am/B    C 
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry? 
            G            D              Am             C 
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye? 
             G                  D       Am      Am/B   C 
How do you walk with your head held high? 
             Em       D        Cadd9 
Can you even look me in the eye? 
 
 
Bridge: 
                      G       D 
Let me tell you 'bot hard work 
          Am                     C 
minimum wage with a baby on the way 
                      G         D 
Let me tell you 'bot hard work 
                  Am                              C 
Re-building your house after the bombs took them away 
                       G        D 
Let me tell you 'bout hard work 
           Am                       C 
building a bed out of a cardboard box 
                      G          D          Am     Am/B   C 
Let me tell you 'bout hard work, hard work, hard work 
                             Em         D 
You don't know nothing 'bout hard work, hard work 
     Cadd9      Cadd9 (hold) 
Hard work! 
 
G       D         Am     C 
How do you sleep at night? 
G       D        Am(hold)Am/B(hold)C(hold) c (hold) G 
How do you walk, with    your      head   held      high 
 
 
Ending: 
G                D                                 Em     D(hold) 
Dear Mr president you'd never take a walk with me 
 
ummm, would you.