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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2nrO_RU5oY
Jaar: 2006
Muziek/Tekst: Billy Mann en Alecia Moore
Producer: Billy Mann
Gecoverd door: Niels & Wiels (Piloot)
NOTICE for the Intro
[G] = [Gsus2] = 3x003x 3x023x
[D] = [D/F#] = 2x003x 2x023x
[Em] = [Em11] = 0x003x 0x023x
[Intro] (see NOTICE)
[G] [D] [Em] [D]
Verse 1
[G] [D] [Em]
Dear Mr President, come take a walk with me.
[D] [G] [D]
Let's pretend we're just two people and you're not better than me.
[Em7] [D]
I'd like to ask you some questions if we can, speak honestly.
Pre-Chorus
[C] [Em] [Am7] [G] [D]
What do you feel when you see the homeless on the street?
[C] [Em] [Am7] [G] [D]
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?
[C] [Em] [Am7] [Em7]
What do you feel when you look in the mirror?
[Dadd11] [Cadd9]
Are you proud?
Chorus
[G] [D] [Am7] [G/B] [C]
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
[G] [D] [Am7] [G/B] [C]
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
[G] [D] [Cadd9]
How do you walk with your head held high?
[Em7] [D] [Cadd9]
Can you even look me in the eye and tell me [Interlude] why?
[Interlude] (see NOTICE)
[G] [D] [Em] [D]
Verse 2
[G] [D] [Em7]
Dear Mr President, were you a lonely boy? Are you a lonely boy?
[D] [G] [D]
How can you say no child is left behind? We're not dumb, and we're not blind.
[Em7] [D]
They're all sitting in your cells while you pave the road to hell.
Pre-Chorus 2
[C] [Em] [Am7] [G] [D]
What kind of father might take his own daughter's rights away?
[C] [Em] [Am7] [G] [D]
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?
[C] [Em] [Am7] [G] [D]
I can only i - magine what the first lady has to say you've come a
[Em7] [A7sus4]
long way from whiskey and cocaine
Chorus
[G] [D] [Am7] [G/B] [C]
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
[G] [D] [Am7] [G/B] [C]
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
[G] [D] [Cadd9]
How do you walk with your head held high?
[Em7] [D] [Cadd9]
Can you even look me in the eye?
Bridge
[Em7] [D] [G]
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
[Am7] [G/B] [C]
minimum wage with a baby on the way.
[Em7] [D] [G]
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
[Am7] [G/B] [C]
re-building your house after the bombs took them away.
[Em7] [D] [G]
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
[Am7] [G/B] [C]
building a bed out of a cardboard box.
[Em7] [D] [G] [Am7] [G/B] [C]
Let me tell you 'bout hard work, hard work, hard work
[Em7] [D] [G] [Am7] [G/B] [C] [C] [C]
You don't know nothing 'bout hard work, hard work, hard work!
Outro
[G] [D]
How do you sleep at night?
[Em7] [D] [G]
How do you walk with your head held high?
[D]
Dear Mr President, you'd never take a walk with me
[Em] [D]
Uumm. Would you?
