Dear Mr. President

Tom : Bb
Bb
    Dear Mr. President
F
    Come take a walk with me.
Bb
    Let's pretend we're just two people and you're not
F
    better than me.
Bb
    I'd like to ask you some questions if we can
F
speak honestly.
Eb       Dm   Cm                           Bb                 F
    What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street?
Eb       Dm   Cm                           Bb                 F
    Who  do you pray for at   night be    fore you go to  sleep?
Eb       Dm   Cm                           Gm                 F
    What do you feel when you look in the mirror?               Are you
Eb
proud?
             Bb              F             Cm   Eb
How do you   sleep while the rest of us    cry?
             Bb              F             Cm                 Eb
How do you   dream when a    mother has no chance to say goodbye?
             Bb              F             Cm   Eb
How do you   walk with your  head held     high?
             Gm              F            Eb
Can you even look me         in the     eye?
             Bb
And tell me  why.
Bb
    Dear Mr. President
F
    Were you a lonely boy? Are you a lonely
Bb
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.
Bb
They're all sitting in your cells.
F
While you pave the road to hell
Eb       Dm   Cm                               Bb                  
    What kind of father would take his own     daughter's rights   
 F
away?
Eb       Dm   Cm                               Bb                  
    And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were 
 F
gay?
Eb       Dm   Cm                               Bb                  
    I can only imagine what the first          lady has to          
 F
say?
              Gm                          Cm  Eb
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine!
             Bb              F             Cm   Eb
How do you   sleep while the rest of us    cry?
             Bb              F             Cm                 Eb
How do you   dream when a    mother has no chance to say goodbye?
             Bb              F             Cm   Eb
How do you   walk with your  head held     high?
             Gm              F               Eb
Can you even look me         in the        eye?
                                Gm  Gm-Am-Bb
Let me tell you bout 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
                Cm              Cm ------- Dm -- Eb
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
                                Gm  Gm-Am-Bb
Let me tell you bout hard work
                Cm              Cm ------- Dm -- Eb
Building a      bed out of a    card       board box
                                Gm  Gm-Am-Bb
Let me tell you bout hard work         Hard work
                Cm              Cm ------- Dm -- Eb
Hard            work
                                Gm  Gm-Am-Bb
You don't know nothing bout hard work         Hard work

                Cm              Cm ------- Dm -- Eb  Eb
Hard            work                             Oh!

Bb
How do you
F
sleep at night?
Bb
How do you walk
Bb
with your head held high?
Bb
Dear Mr. President
F
You'd never take a walk with me
Gb
Would you?
F
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