[Intro]
G  D  Em  D
[Strophe]
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-Refrain]
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?
[Refrain]
             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
[Instrumentale]
(G)  D  Em  D
[Strophe]
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-Refrain]
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
[Refrain]
             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?
[Pont]
                       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.