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 (133211@1)Am (x02210@1)Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1)C#5 (x133xx@4)name="chord_133211@1">F  Am (x02210@1)Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1)C#5*

*C#5:
e--0--
B--1--
G--1--
D--2--
A--3--
E-----

FDear (133211@1)Mr. President,
Am (x02210@1)                   Dm (xx0231@1)                    CI'm (x32010@1)a soldier with the 82nd Airborne stationed overseas.
F (133211@1)                                    AmMy (x02210@1)family and my friends all pray that God is watching over me.
Dm (xx0231@1)                   CEven (x32010@1)God can't save us now.

Bb (x1333x@1)            FMr. (133211@1)President, I'm writing you this poem,
Bb (x1333x@1)                                    FAnd (133211@1)I've sent along this picture of my family back at home.
Bb (x1333x@1)                  Am (x02210@1)          CI (x32010@1)hear my heart beat loud in these killing fields alone.
Bb (x1333x@1)                     FI (133211@1)always hit my target; I just miss my happy home.

Bb (x1333x@1)                          FWhen (133211@1)will be the end of this all?
         Bb (x1333x@1)                          FTell (133211@1)me, when will be the end of this all?
             Bb (x1333x@1)     Am (x02210@1)        CNow (x32010@1)that our back is against the wall.

    F (133211@1)    CWhoa, (x32010@1)oh yea

---Repeat Intro once.---

             F (133211@1)                         AmI (x02210@1)joined the army like my father did and his father did before.
      Dm (xx0231@1)                            CI (x32010@1)saw Army green and canvas look like perfect art of war.
     F (133211@1)                      AmThe (x02210@1)images I see now are like ones I saw before.
Dm (xx0231@1)                  CHow (x32010@1)am I a hero if I don't know what it's for?

Bb (x1333x@1)                      FDays (133211@1)are getting longer, nights I never get to sleep,
           Bb (x1333x@1)                           FAnd (133211@1)I just had a newborn daughter that I hope I get to see.
         Bb (x1333x@1)            Am (x02210@1)                 CI've (x32010@1)got bloodshed on my conscience; she's so innocent and free.
         Bb (x1333x@1)                            FI (133211@1)just killed some baby's father, better him instead of me.

Bb (x1333x@1)                         FWhen (133211@1)will be the end of this all?
Bb (x1333x@1)                                  FTell (133211@1)me, when will be the end of this all?
Bb (x1333x@1)                 Am (x02210@1)        CNow (x32010@1)that our back is against the wall?
F (133211@1)                CMankind (x32010@1)is getting small.

--Repeat Chorus Once--

F (133211@1)                                    AmBefore (x02210@1)the war, life it was beautiful, we marched out in the sun.
         Dm (xx0231@1)                           CNow (x32010@1)it's stars and stripes at funerals, our darkest days have come.
F (133211@1)                          AmDying (x02210@1)in this combat zone, it scares me half to death,
Dm (xx0231@1)                                           C'Cause (x32010@1)if I don't make it to heaven, what's to live for after death?

Bb (x1333x@1)                                           FI've (133211@1)seen mothers of the friends I've lost out marching in a crowd,
Bb (x1333x@1)                                              F'Cause (133211@1)their sons wear purple hearts inside their coffins in the ground.
Bb (x1333x@1)               Am (x02210@1)                    CWhen (x32010@1)they left for war, they thought their mommies would be proud.
Bb (x1333x@1)                                    FWhen (133211@1)they faced off with their enemies, they fought to take them down.

Bb (x1333x@1)                  FHatred (133211@1)is tearing us all apart,
Bb (x1333x@1)                      FSeparation (133211@1)is tearing the world apart,
Bb (x1333x@1)          Am (x02210@1)        CCorruption (x32010@1)is playing its part.

_Outtro_
F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F      Am (x02210@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)  C (x32010@1)  C#5 (x133xx@4)   F (133211@1)