{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":653655,"song":"Dear Mr President","artist":"Rustic Overtones","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11577570-dear-mr-president-chords-by-rustic-overtones/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/653655?type=chord","rating":4.79526,"votes":4,"content":"Dear Mr. President\r\nby the Rustic Overtones\r\noff their new album, Light at the End.\r\nVery simple, catchy song, with a good message.\r\n\r\nThe intro has two guitars, one strumming chords and one picking the chords. For the \r\nand choruses, you can pick the bass line easily, just hitting the 5ths.\r\n\r\n_Intro_\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C#5[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C#5[/ch]*\r\n\r\n[tab]*[ch]C#5[/ch]:\r\ne--0--\r\nB--1--\r\nG--1--\r\nD--2--\r\nA--3--\r\nE-----[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDear Mr. President,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’m a soldier with the 82nd Airborne stationed overseas.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy family and my friends all pray that God is watching over me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEven God can’t save us now.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMr. President, I’m writing you this poem,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I’ve sent along this picture of my family back at home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI hear my heart beat loud in these killing fields alone.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI always hit my target; I just miss my happy home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen will be the end of this all?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTell me, when will be the end of this all?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow that our back is against the wall.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhoa, oh yea[/tab]\r\n\r\n---Repeat Intro once.---\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI joined the army like my father did and his father did before.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI saw Army green and canvas look like perfect art of war.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe images I see now are like ones I saw before.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow am I a hero if I don’t know what it’s for?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDays are getting longer, nights I never get to sleep,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I just had a newborn daughter that I hope I get to see.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’ve got bloodshed on my conscience; she’s so innocent and free.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI just killed some baby’s father, better him instead of me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen will be the end of this all?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTell me, when will be the end of this all?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow that our back is against the wall?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMankind is getting small.[/tab]\r\n\r\n--Repeat Chorus Once--\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBefore the war, life it was beautiful, we marched out in the sun.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow it’s stars and stripes at funerals, our darkest days have come.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDying in this combat zone, it scares me half to death,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n‘Cause if I don’t make it to heaven, what’s to live for after death?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI’ve seen mothers of the friends I’ve lost out marching in a crowd,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n‘Cause their sons wear purple hearts inside their coffins in the ground.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen they left for war, they thought their mommies would be proud.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen they faced off with their enemies, they fought to take them down.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHatred is tearing us all apart,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSeparation is tearing the world apart,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCorruption is playing its part.[/tab]\r\n\r\n_Outtro_\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C#5[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]","plain_text":"Dear Mr. President\nby the Rustic Overtones\noff their new album, Light at the End.\nVery simple, catchy song, with a good message.\n\nThe intro has two guitars, one strumming chords and one picking the chords. For the \nand choruses, you can pick the bass line easily, just hitting the 5ths.\n\n_Intro_\n\nF Am Dm C C#5\nF Am Dm C C#5*\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---Repeat Intro once.---\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n--Repeat Chorus Once--\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n_Outtro_\nF C\nF Am Dm C C#5 F","chords":["F","Am","Dm","C","C#5","B","G","D","A","E","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}