Chords
[Intro]
Gsus2
D/F# D5/E D/F#
[Verse 1]
Gsus2 Dear Mister President,D/F# come take a walk with me
D5/E D/F# Let's pretendGsus2 we're just two people andD/F# you're not better than me
I'd like toD5/E ask you some questions if we canD/F# speak honestly
[Pre-Chorus]
C What do you feelAm when you see all the homeGless on the street? D/F#
C Who do you prayAm for at night beforeG you go to sleep? D/F#
C What do you feelAm when you look in the miEmrror? [Dadd11]
Are you proud? [Cadd9]
[Chorus]
How do you sleepG while the restD/F# of us cry? Am C
How do D/F#you dreamG when a moD/F#ther has no Amchance to say goodbye? C
How do you walkG with your headD/F# held high? [Cadd9]
Can you even lookEm me [Dadd11]in the eye [Cadd9]
And tell me why?
[Pre-Verse]
Gsus2 D/F# D5/E D/F#
[Verse 2]
Gsus2 Dear Mister President,D/F# were you a lonely boy? Were you a lonely boy? Em
Are you a lonely boy? Are you a lonely boy? D/F#
How can you say,G "No child is left behind"?
D/F# We're not dumb and we're not blind we're not blind Em
They're all sitting in your cells
D/F# While you pave the road to hell
[Pre-Chorus]
C What kind of faAmther would take his own daughGter's rights away? D/F#
C And what kind of faAmther might hate his own daughGter if she were gay? D/F#
C I can only imaAmgine what the first laGdy has to say D/F#
You've come a longEm way from whiskey and coA7caine
[Chorus]
How do you sleepG while the restD/F# of us cry? Am C
How do D/F#you dreamG when a moD/F#ther has no Amchance to say goodbye? C
How do you walkG with your headD/F# held high? [Cadd9]
Can you even lookEm me [Dadd11]in the eye? C
Let me tell you 'bout hardEm work D/F# G
[Bridge]
Minimum wageAm with a baby on the way C
Let me tell you 'bout hardEm work D/F# G
Rebuilding your houseAm after the bombs took them away C
Let me tell you 'bout hardEm work D/F# G
Building a bedAm out of a cardboard box C
Let me tell you 'bout hardEm workD/F# Hard G
work
HardAm work C
You don't know nothing 'bout hardEm workD/F# Hard G
work
Hard Amwork C
[Outro]
Gsus2How do you sleep D/F#at night?
D5/EHow do you walk D/F#with your head held Gsus2high?
Dear Mister President
D/F# You'd never take a walk with me D5/E D/F#
Would you?