Key: G
Introduction: G D Em D
G D Em D
Dear Mr President, come take a walk with me
G D
Let' s 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 can, speak honestly.
C Am7 G D
What do you feel when you see the homeless on the street?
C Am7 G D
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?
C Am7 Em D
What do you feel when you look in the mirror?
C
Are you proud?
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 C
Can you even look me in the eye?
G
And tell me why
G D
Dear Mr President, were you a lonely boy
Em D
Were you a lonely 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 Am7 G D
What kind of father might take his own daughter' s rights away?
C Am7 G D
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?
C Am7 G D
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
Em A
You' ve come a long way, from whiskey and cocaine
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 C
Can you even look me in the eye?
Em G
Let me tell you ' bout hard work
Am C
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
Em G
Let me tell you ' bout hard work
Am C
Re-building your house after the bombs took them away
Em G
Let me tell you ' bout hard work
Am C
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Em G Am Am/B C
Let me tell you ' bout hard work, hard work, hard work
Em G
You don' t know nothing ' bout hard work, hard work
C
Hard work!
G D Am C
How do you sleep at night?
Em G Am C G
How do you walk, with your head held high
G D Em D
Dear Mr President you' d never take a walk with me
ummm, would you.