Chords for Pete Seeger- Dear Mr President
Tempo:
105.875 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Fm
Db
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Db] [Eb]
[Ab]
Dear Mr.
[Db] President, I've sat me [F] down to send you greetings from my hometown and send you
best wishes from all the friends [Ebm] I know in Texas, Alabama, Ohio, [Fm]
and unaffiliated.
I'm an ordinary guy.
I work most of [Eb] my life.
Sometimes I'll settle down with my kids and wife, and I like [Fm] to see a movie or take a
little drink, [F] and I like being free to say what I think.
It sort of [Ab] runs in the family.
[Db] My grandpa crossed the ocean [Eb] for the same reason.
[Ab] Now I hate Hitler, and I can tell you why.
[Eb] He's caused lots of good folks to suffer and [Ab] die.
He's got a [Db] way of shoving folks [Eb] around.
I figure it's about time we slapped him down, [Fm] give him a dose of his own medicine, [Db] lead poison.
[Eb]
[Fm] Now, Mr.
President, [F] we haven't always agreed in the [N] past, I know, but that ain't at all important now.
What is [C] important is what we got to do.
We got to [F] lick Mr.
Hitler, and until we do, other things can [Ab] wait.
In other words, first we got to skunk the skin.
War means overtime and higher prices, but we're all [Gb] willing to make [Abm] sacrifices.
Hell, I'd even stop fighting with my mother-in-law, [Ebm] because we need her too to win the [Ab] war.
Oh, battleaxe.
Now, as I think of our great land, with its cities and towns and farming land, with so
many good people a-working every day, I know it ain't perfect, but it will be someday.
Just give us a little time.
This is the reason that I want to fight, not because [N] everything's perfect or everything's
right, no, it's just the opposite.
I'm fighting because I want a better America [F] and better laws and better homes and jobs
and schools and no more Jim Crow and no more rules like, you can't ride on this train because
you're a Negro, [Db] you can't live here because you're a Jew, [Eb]
you can't work here because
you're a union [Ab] man.
There's a line keeps running [Bb] through my head.
I think it was something Joe Louis once said, said [Ab] there's lots of things wrong, but Hitler
won't help them.
Now, Mr.
President, you're commander in chief of our armed forces, the [Bb] ships and the planes
and the tanks and the horses, I guess you know best just where I can fight.
All I want to be is situated right to do the most damage.
[Ab] I never was one to try and [F] shirk and let the other fellow do all of the work, but when
the time comes, [Ebm] I'll be on hand and I can make good use of these two hands.
Quit [Fm] playing this banjo around with the [Eb] boys and exchange it for something that makes more [Fm] noise.
So, [Fm] Mr.
President, [Ab] we got this [N] one big job to do, that's lick Mr.
Hitler, and when we're
through, let no one else ever take his place to trample down the [Eb] human race.
So what I want [Fm] is you to give me a gun [Eb] so we can hurry up and get the job done.
[Ab] [N]
[Ab]
Dear Mr.
[Db] President, I've sat me [F] down to send you greetings from my hometown and send you
best wishes from all the friends [Ebm] I know in Texas, Alabama, Ohio, [Fm]
and unaffiliated.
I'm an ordinary guy.
I work most of [Eb] my life.
Sometimes I'll settle down with my kids and wife, and I like [Fm] to see a movie or take a
little drink, [F] and I like being free to say what I think.
It sort of [Ab] runs in the family.
[Db] My grandpa crossed the ocean [Eb] for the same reason.
[Ab] Now I hate Hitler, and I can tell you why.
[Eb] He's caused lots of good folks to suffer and [Ab] die.
He's got a [Db] way of shoving folks [Eb] around.
I figure it's about time we slapped him down, [Fm] give him a dose of his own medicine, [Db] lead poison.
[Eb]
[Fm] Now, Mr.
President, [F] we haven't always agreed in the [N] past, I know, but that ain't at all important now.
What is [C] important is what we got to do.
We got to [F] lick Mr.
Hitler, and until we do, other things can [Ab] wait.
In other words, first we got to skunk the skin.
War means overtime and higher prices, but we're all [Gb] willing to make [Abm] sacrifices.
Hell, I'd even stop fighting with my mother-in-law, [Ebm] because we need her too to win the [Ab] war.
Oh, battleaxe.
Now, as I think of our great land, with its cities and towns and farming land, with so
many good people a-working every day, I know it ain't perfect, but it will be someday.
Just give us a little time.
This is the reason that I want to fight, not because [N] everything's perfect or everything's
right, no, it's just the opposite.
I'm fighting because I want a better America [F] and better laws and better homes and jobs
and schools and no more Jim Crow and no more rules like, you can't ride on this train because
you're a Negro, [Db] you can't live here because you're a Jew, [Eb]
you can't work here because
you're a union [Ab] man.
There's a line keeps running [Bb] through my head.
I think it was something Joe Louis once said, said [Ab] there's lots of things wrong, but Hitler
won't help them.
Now, Mr.
President, you're commander in chief of our armed forces, the [Bb] ships and the planes
and the tanks and the horses, I guess you know best just where I can fight.
All I want to be is situated right to do the most damage.
[Ab] I never was one to try and [F] shirk and let the other fellow do all of the work, but when
the time comes, [Ebm] I'll be on hand and I can make good use of these two hands.
Quit [Fm] playing this banjo around with the [Eb] boys and exchange it for something that makes more [Fm] noise.
So, [Fm] Mr.
President, [Ab] we got this [N] one big job to do, that's lick Mr.
Hitler, and when we're
through, let no one else ever take his place to trample down the [Eb] human race.
So what I want [Fm] is you to give me a gun [Eb] so we can hurry up and get the job done.
[Ab] [N]
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Fm
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Dear Mr.
[Db] President, I've sat me [F] down to send you greetings from my hometown and send you
best wishes from all the friends [Ebm] I know in Texas, Alabama, Ohio, [Fm]
and unaffiliated.
_ I'm an ordinary guy.
I work most of [Eb] my life.
Sometimes I'll settle down with my kids and wife, and I like [Fm] to see a movie or take a
little drink, [F] and I like being free to say what I think.
It sort of [Ab] runs in the family.
[Db] My grandpa crossed the ocean [Eb] for the same reason.
[Ab] _ Now I hate Hitler, and I can tell you why.
[Eb] He's caused lots of good folks to suffer and [Ab] die.
He's got a [Db] way of shoving folks [Eb] around.
I figure it's about time we slapped him down, [Fm] give him a dose of his own medicine, [Db] lead poison.
[Eb] _ _
[Fm] Now, Mr.
President, [F] we haven't always agreed in the [N] past, I know, but that ain't at all important now.
What is [C] important is what we got to do.
We got to [F] lick Mr.
Hitler, and until we do, other things can [Ab] wait.
_ _ In other words, first we got to skunk the skin.
_ _ War means overtime and higher prices, but we're all [Gb] willing to make [Abm] sacrifices.
Hell, I'd even stop fighting with my mother-in-law, [Ebm] because we need her too to win the [Ab] war.
_ Oh, battleaxe.
Now, as I think of our great land, with its cities and towns and farming land, with so
many good people a-working every day, I know it ain't perfect, but it will be someday.
Just give us a little time.
_ This is the reason that I want to fight, not because [N] everything's perfect or everything's
right, no, it's just the opposite.
I'm fighting because I want a better America [F] and better laws and better homes and jobs
and schools and no more Jim Crow and no more rules like, you can't ride on this train because
you're a Negro, [Db] you can't live here because you're a Jew, [Eb]
you can't work here because
you're a union [Ab] man.
_ There's a line keeps running [Bb] through my head.
I think it was something Joe Louis once said, said [Ab] there's lots of things wrong, but Hitler
won't help them. _ _ _
Now, Mr.
President, you're commander in chief of our armed forces, the [Bb] ships and the planes
and the tanks and the horses, I guess you know best just where I can fight.
All I want to be is situated right to do the most damage.
[Ab] _ I never was one to try and [F] shirk and let the other fellow do all of the work, but when
the time comes, [Ebm] I'll be on hand and I can make good use of these two hands.
Quit [Fm] playing this banjo around with the [Eb] boys and exchange it for something that makes more [Fm] noise. _
So, [Fm] Mr.
President, _ [Ab] we got this [N] one big job to do, that's lick Mr.
Hitler, and when we're
through, let no one else ever take his place to trample down the [Eb] human race.
So what I want [Fm] is you to give me a gun [Eb] so we can hurry up and get the job done.
[Ab] _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
Dear Mr.
[Db] President, I've sat me [F] down to send you greetings from my hometown and send you
best wishes from all the friends [Ebm] I know in Texas, Alabama, Ohio, [Fm]
and unaffiliated.
_ I'm an ordinary guy.
I work most of [Eb] my life.
Sometimes I'll settle down with my kids and wife, and I like [Fm] to see a movie or take a
little drink, [F] and I like being free to say what I think.
It sort of [Ab] runs in the family.
[Db] My grandpa crossed the ocean [Eb] for the same reason.
[Ab] _ Now I hate Hitler, and I can tell you why.
[Eb] He's caused lots of good folks to suffer and [Ab] die.
He's got a [Db] way of shoving folks [Eb] around.
I figure it's about time we slapped him down, [Fm] give him a dose of his own medicine, [Db] lead poison.
[Eb] _ _
[Fm] Now, Mr.
President, [F] we haven't always agreed in the [N] past, I know, but that ain't at all important now.
What is [C] important is what we got to do.
We got to [F] lick Mr.
Hitler, and until we do, other things can [Ab] wait.
_ _ In other words, first we got to skunk the skin.
_ _ War means overtime and higher prices, but we're all [Gb] willing to make [Abm] sacrifices.
Hell, I'd even stop fighting with my mother-in-law, [Ebm] because we need her too to win the [Ab] war.
_ Oh, battleaxe.
Now, as I think of our great land, with its cities and towns and farming land, with so
many good people a-working every day, I know it ain't perfect, but it will be someday.
Just give us a little time.
_ This is the reason that I want to fight, not because [N] everything's perfect or everything's
right, no, it's just the opposite.
I'm fighting because I want a better America [F] and better laws and better homes and jobs
and schools and no more Jim Crow and no more rules like, you can't ride on this train because
you're a Negro, [Db] you can't live here because you're a Jew, [Eb]
you can't work here because
you're a union [Ab] man.
_ There's a line keeps running [Bb] through my head.
I think it was something Joe Louis once said, said [Ab] there's lots of things wrong, but Hitler
won't help them. _ _ _
Now, Mr.
President, you're commander in chief of our armed forces, the [Bb] ships and the planes
and the tanks and the horses, I guess you know best just where I can fight.
All I want to be is situated right to do the most damage.
[Ab] _ I never was one to try and [F] shirk and let the other fellow do all of the work, but when
the time comes, [Ebm] I'll be on hand and I can make good use of these two hands.
Quit [Fm] playing this banjo around with the [Eb] boys and exchange it for something that makes more [Fm] noise. _
So, [Fm] Mr.
President, _ [Ab] we got this [N] one big job to do, that's lick Mr.
Hitler, and when we're
through, let no one else ever take his place to trample down the [Eb] human race.
So what I want [Fm] is you to give me a gun [Eb] so we can hurry up and get the job done.
[Ab] _ _ [N] _ _