Intro
[G] [D] [Em] [D]
Verse 1
[G] [D] [Em] [D]
Dear Mr President, come take a walk with me
[G] [D]
Let's pretend, we're just two people and, you're not better than me,
[Em] [D]
I'd like to, ask you some questions if we can, speak honestly.
Pre-Chorus
[C] [Am7] [G] [D]
What do you feel when you see the homeless on the street?
[C] [Am7] [G] [D]
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?
[C] [Am7] [Em] [D]
What do you feel when you look in the mirror?
[C] [C]
Are you proud?
Chorus
[G] [D] [Am] ([Am/B]) [C]
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
[G] [D] [Am] [C]
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
[G] [D] [Am] ([Am/B]) [C]
How do you walk with your head held high?
[Em] [D] [C]
Can you even look me in the eye?
[G]
And tell me why
Instrumental
([G]) [D] [Em] [D]
Verse 2
[G] [D]
Dear Mr President, were you a lonely boy
[Em] [D]
Were you a lonely boy?
[G] [D]
How can you say, no child is left behind
[Em]
We're not dumb, and we're not blind
[D]
They're all sitting in your cells
while you pave the road to hell
Pre-Chorus 2
[C] [Am7] [G] [D]
What kind of father might take his own daughter's rights away?
[C] [Am7] [G] [D]
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?
[C] [Am7] [G] [D]
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
[Em] [A]
You've come a long way, from whiskey and cocaine
Chorus
[G] [D] [Am] ([Am/B]) [C]
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
[G] [D] [Am] [C]
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
[G] [D] [Am] ([Am/B]) [C]
How do you walk with your head held high?
[Em] [D] [C]
Can you even look me in the eye?
Bridge
[Em] [G]
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
[Am] [C]
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
[Em] [G]
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
[Am] [C]
Re-building your house after the bombs took them away
[Em] [G]
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
[Am] [C]
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
[Em] [G] [Am] [Am/B] [C]
Let me tell you 'bout hard work, hard work, hard work
[Em] [G]
You don't know nothing 'bout hard work, hard work
[C] [C]
Hard work!
Outro
[G] [D] [Am] [C]
How do you sleep at night?
[Em] [G] [Am] [C] [G]
How do you walk, with your head held high
[G] [D] [Em] [D]
Dear Mr President you'd never take a walk with me
ummm, would you.
