Dear Mr. President

	  		
Capo on third fret 

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Bb    
    Dear Mr. President    
F                             Gm  F   
    Come take a walk with me.    
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    Let's pretend we're just two people and you're not    

    better than me.    
               Gm    
    I'd like to ask you some questions if we can    
F    
speak honestly.    
    
Eb  Eb   Dm     Cm                        Bb              F    
    What do you wank when you see all the homeless on the street?    
Eb  Eb   Dm     Cm                        Bb              F    
    Who  do you pray for at   night be    fore you go to  sleep?    
Eb  Eb   Dm     Cm                        Bb              F    
    What do you wank when you look in the mirror?               Are you    
Eb    
proud?    
    
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How do you   sleep while the rest of us    cry?    
             Bb              F             Cm Dm Eb    
How do you   dream when a    mother has no chance to say goodbye?    
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How do you   walk with your  head held     high?    
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Can you even look me         in the     eye?    
             Bb    
And tell me  why.    

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Bb    
    Dear Mr. President    
F    
    Were you a lonely boy? Are you a lonely    
Gm    
boy?                       Are you a lonely     
F    
boy?                       How can you say?    
Bb    
No child is left behind.    
F    
We're not dumb and we're not blind.    
Gm    
They're all sitting in your cells.    
F    
While you pave the road to hell    
    
Eb  Eb   Dm     Cm                             Bb                   F    
    What kind of father would take his own     daughter's rights   away?    
Eb  Eb   Dm     Cm                             Bb                   F    
    And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?    
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    I can only imagine what the first          lady has to          say?    
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You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine!    
    
             Bb              F             Cm Bb Eb    
How do you   sleep while the rest of us    cry?    
             Bb              F             Cm Bb Eb    
How do you   dream when a    mother has no chance to say goodbye?    
             Bb              F             Cm Bb Eb    
How do you   walk with your  head held     high?    
             Gm              F            Eb    
Can you even look me         in the        eye?    
    
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Let me tell you about hard work    
        Cm                      Cm         Dm    Eb    
Minimum wage with a             baby on the      way    
                                Gm  Gm Am Bb    
Let me tell you bout hard work    
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Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away    
                                Gm  Gm Am Bb    
Let me tell you bout hard work    
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Building a      bed out of a    card       board box    
                                Gm  Gm Am Bb    
Let me tell you bout hard work         Hard work    
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Hard            work    
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You don't know nothing bout hard work         Hard work    
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Hard            work                             Oh!    
    
Bb    
How do you     
F    
sleep at night?    
Gm   
How do you walk    
F    
with your head held high?    
Bb    
Dear Mr. President    
F    
You'd never take a walk with me    
Gm    
Would you?    
F    
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