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Dear Mr. President by the Rustic Overtones off their new album, Light at the End. Very simple, catchy song, with a good message. The intro has two guitars, one strumming chords and one picking the chords. For the and choruses, you can pick the bass line easily, just hitting the 5ths. _Intro_ F Am Dm C C#5 F Am Dm C C#5* *C#5: e--0-- B--1-- G--1-- D--2-- A--3-- E-----
FDear Mr. President, AmI’m a soldier with thDme 82nd Airborne stationeCd overseas. FMy family and my friends all pray that AmGod is watching over me. DmEven God can’t save uCs now.
BbMr. President, IF’m writing you this poem, BbAnd I’ve sent along this picture of myF family back at home. BbI hear my heart beat lAmoud in these kCilling fields alone. BbI always hit my target; IF just miss my happy home.
BbWhen will be the end of this aFll? Tell me, Bbwhen will be the end of this aFll? Now that our Bbback is aAmgainst the wCall.
WhoaF, oh yeCa ---Repeat Intro once.---
I joined the Farmy like my father did and Amhis father did before. I saw DmArmy green and canvas look like Cperfect art of war. The iFmages I see now are like Amones I saw before. DmHow am I a hero if I dCon’t know what it’s for?
BbDays are getting longer, nFights I never get to sleep, And I just Bbhad a newborn daughter that I hFope I get to see. I’ve goBbt bloodshed on mAmy conscience; she’sC so innocent and free. I just kiBblled some baby’s father, betteFr him instead of me.
BbWhen will be the end of this Fall? BbTell me, when will be the end of this Fall? BbNow that our back is Amagainst the Cwall? FMankind is getting Csmall.
--Repeat Chorus Once--
FBefore the war, life it was beautiful, Amwe marched out in the sun. Now it’Dms stars and stripes at funeralsC, our darkest days have come. FDying in this combat zone, itAm scares me half to death, Dm‘Cause if I don’t make it to heaven, what??C?s to live for after death?
BbI’ve seen mothers of the friends I’ve lost Fout marching in a crowd, Bb‘Cause their sons wear purple hearts inside theiFr coffins in the ground. BbWhen they left for Amwar, they thought their Cmommies would be proud. BbWhen they faced off with their enemies, Fthey fought to take them down.
BbHatred is tearing us aFll apart, BbSeparation is tearing the Fworld apart, BbCorruption is Amplaying its Cpart.
_Outtro_ F C F Am Dm C C#5 F