Dear Mr. President

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Bb
Dear Mr. President
F
Come take a walk with me.
Gm
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.

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What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street?
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Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?
Eb   Dm     C7                        Bb      F       Eb
What do you feel when you look in the mirror? Are you proud?

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How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
           Bb           F             Eb     Dm     Eb
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
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How do you walk with your head held high?
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Can you even look me in the eye?
            Bb
And tell me why.

Bb
Dear Mr. President
F                                       Gm
Were you a lonely boy? Are you a lonely boy?
                 F
Are you a lonely boy?

How can you say?
Bb
No child is left behind.
F
We're not dumb and we're not blind.
Gm
They're all sitting in your cells.
F
While you pave the road to hell

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What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away?
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And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?
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I can only imagine what the first lady has to say?
Eb
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine!

           Bb              F          Eb  Bb  Eb
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
           Bb           F             Eb     Dm     Eb
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
           Bb             F         Eb  Bb  Eb
How do you walk with your head held high?
             Bb      D7     Eb
Can you even look me in the eye?

                             Gm  Am  Bb
Let me tell you bout hard work
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Minimum wage with a baby on the way
                             Gm  Am  Bb
Let me tell you bout hard work
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Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
                             Gm  Am  Bb
Let me tell you bout hard work
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Building a bed out of a card board box
                             Gm  Am  Bb
Let me tell you bout hard work         
               Cm  Dm  Eb
Hard work Hard work
     
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You don't know nothing bout hard work         
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Hard work  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        F  Bb
Would you?