Gadd9 320033
D/F# 2xx232
Em7 022030
Am x02210
C x32010
Cadd9 x32033
Em 022000
Capo on 2nd Fret
In between the change to Em7 - D/F#, i do an open strum, it sounds better and i think
do it in the song but i wasnt sure. also you can shove it in after a Em7 if you want.
[Verse]
G
Dear Mr. President,
D-F# Em7 – D/F#
come take a walk with me
G
Let's pretend we're just two people
D-F#
and you're not better than me
Em7
I'd like to ask you some questions
D/F#
if we can speak honestly
C Em Am G
D
What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street?
C Em Am G D
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?
C Em Am Em D
What do you feel when you look in the mirror?
Cadd9
Are you proud?
[Refrein]
G D Am C
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
G D Am Em7
C
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
G D C
How do you walk with your head held high?
Em7 D C
Can you even look me in the eye?
G
And tell me why
[verse 2]
(repeat first verse chords)
Dear Mr. President Were you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy? Are you a lonely boy?
How can you say? No child is left behind.
We're not dumb and we're not blind.
They're all sitting in your cells
While you pave the road to hell
C Em7 Am G
D
What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away?
C Em7 Am G
D
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?
C Em7 Am G D
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say?
Em7 Am
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine!
[Refrein]
G D Am C
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
G D Am Em7
C
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
G D C
How do you walk with your head held high?
Em7 D C
Can you even look me in the eye?
Em7 D/F# -
Let me tell you bout hard work
Am C
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
Em7 D/F# - G
Let me tell you bout hard work
Am Em7 C
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
Em7 D/F# - G
Let me tell you bout hard work
Am Em7 C
Building a bed out of a card board box
Em7 D/F# G
Let me tell you bout hard work, hard work
Am Em7 C
Hard work
Em7 D/F# G
You don't know nothing bout hard work hard work
Am Em7 Cadd9
Hard work, Oh!
G D/F#
How do you sleep at night?
Em7 D/F# G
How do you walk with your head held high?
G
Dear Mr. President,
D/F# Em7
you'd never take a walk with me
would you?
