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        Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) - Randy Newman
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Written by: Randy Newman
From: "Good Old Boys" (1974)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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Capo 2nd fret
Play: A
Key: B

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CHORDS
          E-B-G-D-A-e
[Link]
D/F#      2-x-0-2-x-x
E7/G#     4-x-0-4-x-x

[Middle 8]
A/C#      x-4-2-2-2-x
Ddim      x-x-0-1-0-1
B7/D#     x-x-1-2-0-2

[Solo]
D/F#      2-x-0-2-3-x

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[Intro]
  A    Aaug 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       D/F#   [ G ]    E/G# E
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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[Intro]
| A  Aaug D/A | A  D6 D | A  E6 E | A E7 |


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

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

[Middle 8]
D           Dm
  I know it may sound funny
A                                   A7
 But people ev'ry where are runnin' out of money
B7   A/C#       Ddim   B7/D#  E 
  We just can't make it by ourself 
                            [LINK 2]

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

[Interlude]
| A  Aaug 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 |


[Middle 8]
D                    Dm
  Maybe you're cheap,  maybe you're lyin'
A                A7
  Maybe you have lost your mind
B7     A/C#     Ddim   B7/D#    E 
 Maybe you only think about yourself
                              [LINK]

VERSE (+ coda)
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          D/F#   E7/G#  | A  Aaug 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
                  [LINK 1]