| G | |
| Ver | se: |
| Em7 | G/Em | |
| Dear Mr. Presi | dent, | come take a walk with me |
| G | G/Em | |
| Let's pretend, | we're just two people and, you're not be | tter than me |
| C | |
| I'd like to ask you | some questions if we can speak honestly |
| Middle 8 |
| G/Em | C | |
| What do you feel when you se | e all the | homeless on the street? |
| G/Em | C | |
| Who do you | pray for | at night before you go to sleep? |
| G/Em | |
| What do | you feel when you look in the mirror? |
| Cadd9 | |
| Are you proud? |
| Chorus |
| Am | Am/C | C | |
| How | do y | ou sleep | while the rest of us cry? |
| Am | Am/C | C | |
| How do | you dream whe | n a | mother has no chance to say goodbye? |
| Am/C | C | |
| H | ow do | you walk with your head held high? |
| Em7 | G/Em2 | Cadd9 | |
| Can you even look me | in the eye? |
| G | |
| And tell me why |
| Break (intro chords) G G/Em Em7 |
| G | |
| ver | se 2 |
| Em7 | |
| Dear Mr. President Were | you a lonely boy? Are you a lonely boy? |
| G/Em | |
| Are you a lonely boy? Are you a lonely boy? |
| G | G/Em | |
| How can you say? | No child is left behind. We're not dumb a | nd we're not blind. |
| C | |
| They're all sitting in your cells | While you pave the road to hell |
| Middle8 |
| G/Em | C | |
| What kind of father would | take his own | daughter's rights away? |
| G/Em | C | |
| And what kind of father might h | ate his own | daughter if she were gay? |
| G/Em | |
| I can on | ly imagine what the first lady has to say? |
| Cadd9 | D | |
| You've come a l | ong way from whiskey and cocaine! |
| Chorus |
| Am | Am/C | C | |
| How | do y | ou sleep | while the rest of us cry? |
| Am | Am/C | C | |
| How do | you dream whe | n a | mother has no chance to say goodbye? |
| Am/C | C | |
| H | ow do | you walk with your head held high? |
| Em7 | G/Em2 | Cadd9 | |
| Can you even look me | in the eye? |
| Em7 | G/Em2 | G | |
| Let me tell you bout hard wo | rk |
| Am | Am/C | C | |
| Minimum wa | ge wi | th a baby on the way |
| Em7 | G/Em2 | G | |
| Let me tell you bout ha | rd work |
| Am | Am/C | C | |
| Rebuilding your ho | use after the bombs took th | em away |
| Em7 | G/Em2 | G | |
| Let me tell you bout |
| Am | Am/C | C | |
| Building a be | d out of a card bo | ard box |
| Em7 | G/Em2 | G | |
| Let me tell you bout | hard work, har | d work |
| Em7 | G/Em2 | G | |
| Hard work, | You do | n't know nothing bout hard work, hard work |
| Am | Am/C | Cadd9 | |
| hard | work | , | Oh! |
| Chorus |
| G | G/Em | |
| How do you sleep at nigh | t? |
| G | |
| How | do you walk with your head held high? |
| G/Em | |
| Dear Mr. Pr | esident, you'd never take a walk with me |
| would you? |