Capo: fret 3

Intro: G, D, Em, D

Verse:
G                D                            Em            D (ONE STRUM)
Dear Mr President, come take a walk with me
            G                           D
Lets 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 could, speak honestly.

C       C&B    Am                 G                     D
What do you feel when you see the homeless on the street?
C      C&B   Am                 G                   D
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?
C       C&B   Am                     Em        D
What do you feel when you look in the mirror?
           Cadd9          Cadd9
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         Cadd9
Can you even look me in the eye?

And tell me why

Repeat Intro


Verse 2:
G                 D
Dear Mr president, were you a lonley boy
Em                     D
Were you a lonley 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

C     C&B     Am                        G                 D
What kind of father might take his own daughter right away?
C       C&B      Am                          G                     D
And what kind of father might hates his own daughter if she were gay?
C          C&B                   Em           D
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
              Cadd9                       Cadd9
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        Cadd9
Can you even look me in the eye?


Bridge:
                      G       D
Let me tell you 'bot hard work
          Am                     C
minimum wage with a baby on the way
                      G         D
Let me tell you 'bot hard work
                  Am                              C
Re-building your house after the bombs took them away
                       G        D
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
           Am                       C
building a bed out of a cardboard box
                      G          D          Am     Am&B   C
Let me tell you 'bout hard work, hard work, hard work
                             Em         D
You don't know nothing 'bout hard work, hard work
     Cadd9      Cadd9 (hold)
Hard work!

G       D         Am     C
How do you sleep at night?
G       D        Am(hold)Am&B(hold)C(hold) c (hold) G
How do you walk, with    your      head   held      high


Ending:
G                D                                 Em     D(hold)
Dear Mr president you'd never take a walk with me

ummm, would you.