Dear Mr President — Pink

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.