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

      

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

 
 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'
     LINK 1                      
 A E  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
     LINK 1                       
 A E  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
                      LINK2 
 B7 C#m7 Ddim B7/D# E 
 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
     LINK 1      A 
 A E  D/F# E7/G# 
 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
                      LINK 
 B7 C#m7 Ddim B7/D# E 
 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
     LINK 1                            
 A E  D/F# E7/G# | A A5+ D/A | A D6 D |
 Mr. President have pity on the working man
     LINK 1                  
 A E  D/F# E7/G# | A E6 E | A
 Mr. President have pity on the working man