Mr President Have Pity On The Working Man chords

Mr President Have Pity On The Working Man

• D/F#

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        Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) - Randy Newman
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Randy Newman
Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) (1974)
(Randy Newman)

From: "Good Old Boys"


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          E-B-G-D-A-E
D/F#      x-x-2-0-x-2
E7/G#     x-x-4-0-x-4
Ddim      1-0-1-0-x-x
B7/D#     2-0-2-1-x-x
*D/F#     x-3-2-0-x-2

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Capo 2nd fret

INTRO
  A      A5+ D/A   A      D6  D     A      E6  E     A     E7
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|--0---0---------|
B|--2-2-2-2-3-----|--2-2-2---------|--2-2-3-2---0---|--2---3---------|
G|----------------|--------4-2-----|--------1-----2-|------1---------|
D|--2-2-2-3-4-----|--2-2-2-0---4---|--2-2-4---2-----|----------------|
A|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---0-----------|
E|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|--------0-0-2-4-|

LINK 1
  E      D/F# E7/G#
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|1---1---2---4---|
D|2---2---0---0---|
A|2---2-----------|
E|0---0---2---4---|

LINK 2
e|----------------|----------0-----|
B|----------------|----------0-----|
G|1---1---2---2---|3---3-4---------|
D|2---2---0---0---|0---0-0---------|
A|2---2-----------|----------------|
E|0---0---2---2---|3---3---4---0---|

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Capo 2nd fret

INTRO
| A  A5+ D/A | A  D6 D | A  E6 E | A E7 |

A            E7
  We've taken all you've given
A7                         D
  But it's gettin' hard to make a livin'
A             E LINK 1 D/F#   E7/G#  | A  E6 E | A E |
 Mr. President have pity on the working man

A                E7
  We ain’t asking you to love us
A7                      D
  You may place yourself high above us
A             E LINK 1 D/F#   E7/G#  | A  E6 E | A A7 |
 Mr. President have pity on the working man

D           Dm
  I know it may sound funny
A                                   A7
 But people ev'ry where are runnin' out of money
B7   C#m7       Ddim   B7/D#  E LINK2
  We just can't make it by ourself 

A                   E7
  It is cold and the wind is blowing
A7                     D
  We need something to keep us going
A            E LINK 1 D/F#   E7/G#    A
Mr. President have pity on the working man

| A  A5+ D/A | A  D6 D | A  E6 E | A E7 |

SOLO
| A | D *D/F# | A | B7 E |
| A | D *D/F# | A E | A A7 |


D                    Dm
  Maybe you're cheap,  maybe you're lyin'
A                A7
  Maybe you have lost your mind
B7     C#m7     Ddim   B7/D#    E LINK
 Maybe you only think about yourself

A                 E7
  Too late to run, too late to cry now
A7                            D
  The time has come for us to say good-bye now
A              E LINK 1 D/F#   E7/G#  | A  A5+ D/A | A  D6 D |
  Mr. President have pity on the working man
A              E LINK 1 D/F#   E7/G#  | A  E6 E | A
  Mr. President have pity on the working man

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