Dear Mrs. Roosevelt chords by
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan

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Key: E major
Verse 1
D
D

Dear Mrs.Roosevelt, don't
hang your head and cry
G
G

His mortal flesh is laid away but his
D
D

good work fills the sky
F#m
F#m

A
A

This world was lucky to see him born
D
D

Verse 2
Now he went up to grade school
and he wrote back to his folks
G
G

He drew such funny pictures and
D
D

was always pulling jokes
F#m
F#m

A
A

This world was lucky to see him born
D
D

Verse 3
He went up to Harvard to
read his books of law
G
G

He loved his trees and horses,
D
D

he loved everything he saw
F#m
F#m

A
A

G
G

D
D

This world was lucky to see him born
Verse 4
D
D

He got struck down by the fever
and it settled in his leg
G
G

He loved the folks that wished him
D
D

well and everybody did
F#m
F#m

A
A

G
G

A
A

This world was lucky to see him born
D
D

Verse 5
He took office on a crippled leg and
he said to one and all
G
G

"Your money changing racket, boys,
D
D

sure enough got to fall."
F#m
F#m

A
A

D
D

This world was lucky to see him born
Verse 6
Eb
Eb

I voted for him lots of times
and I'd vote for him again
Ab
Ab

He tried to find an honest job
Eb
Eb

for every idle man
Gm
Gm

Bb
Bb

This world was lucky
Bbsus4
Bbsus4

Bb
Bb

to see him born
Eb
Eb

Verse 7
E
E

He helped me to build my union
and he learned me how to talk
A
A

I could see he was a cripple but he
E
E

learned my soul to talk
Abm
Abm

B
B

A
A

E
E

This world was lucky to see him born
C
C

I was a
Verse 8
F
F

GI in the army the
day he passed away
Bb
Bb

And over my shoulder I could
F
F

hear some soldier say
Am
Am

C
C

Bb
Bb

"This world was lucky to see him
C
C

F
F

born."
Interlude 1
F
F

C
C

F
F

Bb
Bb

F
F

Am
Am

C
C

F
F

Verse 9
D
D

I know this world was lucky
just to see him born
G
G

I know this world was lucky
D
D

just to see him born
Gbm
Gbm

A
A

D
D

A
A

G
G

D
D

This world was lucky to see him born
Outro 1
D
D

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TunerE A D G B E
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