• Song:

    Mr President Have Pity On The Working Man

  • Artist:

    Randy Newman

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard


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---0-0-2-4- | 
E | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------0------- | ---------------- | 

LINK 1
  E      D/F# E7/Ab
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/Ab   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/Ab   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       D?   B7/Eb  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/Ab    [ 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     D?   B7/Eb    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/Ab   A  A5+ D/A  A  D6 D 
  Mr. President have pity on the working man
A              E [LINK 1] D/F#   E7/Ab   A  E6 E  A
  Mr. President have pity on the working man
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