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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.

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

             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?
             Bb
And tell me  why.

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

Eb  Eb---Dm-----C7   C7                        Bb                   F
    What kind of father would take his own     daughter's rights   away?
Eb  Eb---Dm-----C7   C7                        Bb                   F
    And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?
Eb  Eb---Dm-----C7   C7                        Bb                   F
    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-Bb-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  Gm-Am-Bb
Let me tell you bout hard work
        Cm                      Cm---------Dm----Eb
Minimum wage with a             baby on the      way
                                Gm  Gm-Am-Bb
Let me tell you bout hard work
                Cm              Cm---------Dm----Eb 
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
                                Gm  Gm-Am-Bb
Let me tell you bout hard work
                Cm              Cm---------Dm----Eb 
Building a      bed out of a    card       board box
                                Gm  Gm-Am-Bb
Let me tell you bout hard work         Hard work
                Cm              Cm---------Dm----Eb 
Hard            work
                                Gm  Gm-Am-Bb
You don't know nothing bout hard work         Hard work
                Cm              Cm---------Dm----Eb 
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
Would you?
F
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Bb
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Zo speel je dit nummer

Leer de akkoorden van Dear mr president van Pink op Gitaartabs. Dit popnummer is perfect voor beginnende gitaristen die hun akkoordenspel willen oefenen met een bekend en toegankelijk nummer.

Dear mr president ligt op beginner-niveau en maakt gebruik van enkele veelgebruikte akkoorden: Bb, F, Eb, Gm, C7 en Cm. Je krijgt de akkoorden in volledig overzicht, zodat je direct mee kunt spelen. Pak je gitaar en begin met dit nummer.

How to practise this song

  1. 1

    Practise the barre chord Bb

    Bb is a barre chord. Lay your index finger flat across all strings and press firmly; practise it on its own until every string rings clearly before you use it in the song.

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  2. 2

    Practise the change: Bb ↔ Am

    Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.

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  3. 3

    Great first song

    Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.

Exercise: F-akkoord starter (vereenvoudigd → barré)10 min · drill this on its own and this song gets easier by itself

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