Dear Mr Man chords by Prince

Intro:
G#m  F# E D#

Verse 1:
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 What's wrong with the world today?
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Things just got to get better
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 Sho' ain't what the leaders say
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Maybe we should write a letter



Chorus:
G#m   F#
Dear Mr. Man
E       D#
We don't understand
G#m         F#
Why poor people keep struggling
  E            D#
But you don't lend a helping hand

Verse 2:
G#m   F#  E
Matthew 5:5 say
E             D#
The meek shall inherit the earth
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We wanna be down that way
E                   D#
But you been tripping since the day of you're birth

Verse 3:
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Who said that to kill is a sin
   G#m      F#   E
Then started every single war
D#           G#m
That you're people been in?
G#m      F#
Who said that water
E       D#    G#m
Is a precious commodity
G#m   F#      E
Then dropped a big old black oil slick
D#   G#m
In the deep blue sea?

Verse 4:
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Who told me
Mr. Man
   E         D#
That working round the clock
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Would buy me a big house in the 'hood
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With cigarette ads on every block

Verse 5:
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Who told me Mr. Man
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That I got a right to moan?
G#m      F#   E      D#  G#m
How 'bout this big ol' hole in the ozone?

Verse 6:
G#m   F#  E
What's wrong with the world today
G#m     F#     E        D#
Things just got to get better
G#m   F#  E       D#  G#m
Dear Mr. Man, we don't understand
F#       E    D#
Maybe we should write a letter

Solo:

Verse 7:
    G#m        F#
Listen, ain't no sense in voting
E             D#
Same song with a different name
G#m         F#
Might not be in the back of the bus
    E   D#.        G#m
But it sho' feel just the same
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Ain't nothin' fair about welfare
G#m   F#      E   D#
Ain't no assistance in AIDS
G#m      F#      E      D#   G#m
Ain't nothing affirmative about you're actions
E         D#
Till the people get paid

Verse 8:
    G#m        F#
You're thousand years are up
E             D#
Now you got to share the land
G#m   F#    E     D#
Section one, the fourteenth Amendment says:
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No state shall deprive any person
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Of life, liberty, or property
G#m
Without due process of law

Verse 9:
G#m
Mr. Man
G#m   F#     E        D#
We want to end this letter with 3 words
n.c.
"We tired y’all!"

Outro:
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G#m   F#  E    D#