Аккорды:
G
D
Em
C
C/B ≈
Am
Cadd9
Capo 3
Intro
G D Em D
Verse
[G] [D] [Em] [D]
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
Instrumental: G D Em D
Verse
[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
Hard work!
Outro
[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]
Dear Mr president you'd never take a walk with me
ummm, would you.