Chords with lyrics (Ver. 3)
Gadd9Gadd9 320033
D/F#D/F# 2xx232
E minor 7Em7 022030
A minorAm x02210
C majorC x32010
Cadd9Cadd9 x32033
E minorEm 022000
Capo on 2nd Fret
In between the change to E minor 7Em7 - 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 E minor 7Em7 if you want, just
it more body! BE CREATIVE!
Verse:
G+G
Dear Mr. President,
D-F# E minor 7Em7 - D/F#D/F#
come take a walk with me
G+G
Let's pretend we're just two people
D-F#
and you're not better than me
E minor 7Em7
I'd like to ask you some questions
D/F#D/F#
if we can speak honestly
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm G+G
D MajorD
What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street?
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm G+G D MajorD
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD
What do you feel when you look in the mirror?
Cadd9Cadd9
Are you proud?
Refrein:
G+G D MajorD A minorAm C majorC
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
G+G D MajorD A minorAm E minor 7Em7
C majorC
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
G+G D MajorD C majorC
How do you walk with your head held high?
E minor 7Em7 D MajorD C majorC
Can you even look me in the eye?
G+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 majorC E minor 7Em7 A minorAm G+G
D MajorD
What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away?
C majorC E minor 7Em7 A minorAm G+G
D MajorD
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?
C majorC E minor 7Em7 A minorAm G+G D MajorD
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say?
E minor 7Em7 A minorAm
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine!
Refrein:
G+G D MajorD A minorAm C majorC
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
G+G D MajorD A minorAm E minor 7Em7
C majorC
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
G+G D MajorD C majorC
How do you walk with your head held high?
E minor 7Em7 D MajorD C majorC
Can you even look me in the eye?
E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F# -
Let me tell you bout hard work
A minorAm C majorC
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F# - G+G
Let me tell you bout hard work
A minorAm E minor 7Em7 C majorC
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F# - G+G
Let me tell you bout hard work
A minorAm E minor 7Em7 C majorC
Building a bed out of a card board box
E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F# G+G
Let me tell you bout hard work, hard work
A minorAm E minor 7Em7 C majorC
Hard work
E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F# G+G
You don't know nothing bout hard work hard work
A minorAm E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9
Hard work, Oh!
G+G D/F#D/F#
How do you sleep at night?
E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F# G+G
How do you walk with your head held high?
G+G
Dear Mr. President,
D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7
you'd never take a walk with me
would you?
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