Dear Mr President Chords

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G/Em   200233
Em7    022033
C      x32013
Am     x02213
Cadd9  x32033
Am/C   x20010
G/Em2  200033
 
 
[Intro]
G   G/Em    Em7
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[Verse]
                                  G/Em
              Em7  G/Em
Dear Mr. President,               come take a walk with me
                     G                                               G/Em
Let's pretend,       we're just two people and,         you're not better than me
              Em7
                         C
I'd like to      ask you some questions if we can        speak honestly
 
[Middle 8]
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                            G/Em      C
What do you feel when you see all the        homeless on the street?
           Am/C Am                     G
          G/Em     C
Who do you pray for at night     before you go to sleep?
               Am/C Am                                   Em7
        G/Em
What do you feel  when you look in the     mirror?
               Cadd9
Are you proud?
 
[Chorus]
                    G                            G/Em
   Am   Am/C    C
How do you sleep while the       rest of us    cry?
                      G                         G/Em
      Am            Am/C   C
How do you dream when a     mother has no    chance to   say goodbye?
                     G                     G/Em
 Am/C  C
How do you walk with your   head held    high?
                         Em7             G/Em2        Cadd9
Can you even   look me       in the  eye?
                           G
And tell me why
 
[Break]
(intro chords)
G   G/Em    Em7
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[Verse 2]
                              G/Em
                          Em7
Dear Mr. President    Were you a lonely boy?    Are you a lonely boy?
                                                                    G/Em
Are you a lonely boy?    Are you a lonely boy?
                     G                                               G/Em
How can you     say? No child is left behind.        We're not dumb and we're not blind.
Em7                                          G/Em
                                 C
They're all sitting in your cells     While you pave the road to hell
 
(Middle 8)
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                            G/Em           C
What kind of    father would take his own     daughter's     rights away?
           Am/C Am
                                  G/Em         C
And what kind of    father might hate his own    daughter     if  she were gay?
               Am/C Am                                   Em7
        G/Em
I can only imagine      what the first lady         has to say?
               Cadd9                                                         D
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine!
 
[Chorus]
                    G                            G/Em
   Am   Am/C    C
How do you sleep while the       rest of us    cry?
                      G                         G/Em
      Am            Am/C   C
How do you dream when a     mother has no    chance to   say goodbye?
                     G                     G/Em
 Am/C  C
How do you walk with your   head held    high?
                         Em7             G/Em2        Cadd9
Can you even   look me       in the  eye?
 
[Verse]
                               Em7     G/Em2   G
Let me tell you bout    hard work
          Am           Am/C                         C
Minimum wage         with a baby   on  the way
                                Em7         G/Em2   G
Let me tell you bout          hard work
                   Am                             Am/C     C
Rebuilding  your house after the     bombs took them away
                                   Em7        G/Em2   G
Let me tell you bout
             Am                      Am/C   C
Building a bed out of a       card board box
                            Em7               G/Em2   G
Let me tell you         bout hard work,    hard work
    Am    Am/C   C
               Em7    G/Em2 G
Hard work,            You don't know nothing bout            hard work,  hard work
    Am    Am/C   Cadd9
hard work ,       Oh!
 
[Chorus]
G                                  G/Em
How do you sleep            at night?
Em7                            G/Em
   G
How do you walk          with your head held    high?
                            G/Em
           G/Em
Dear Mr. President,     you'd never take a walk    with me
would you?
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