DEAR MRS ROOSEVELT Bob Dylan and the Bands Live version chord progression with Original Lyrics of Guthries [Verse] Dear Mrs. Roosevelt don’t hang your head and cry; His mortal clay is laid away but his good work fills the sky; This world was lucky to see him born. [Verse] He’s born in a money family on that Hudson’s rocky shore; Outrun every kid a-growin’ up ’round Hyde Park just for fun; This world was lucky to see him born. [Verse] He went away to grade school and wrote back to his folks; He drew such funny pictures and always pulling a joke; This world was lucky to see him born. [Verse] He went on up towards Harvard he read his books of law; He loved his trees and horses loved everything he saw; This world was lucky to see him born. [Verse] He got struck down by fever and it settled in his leg; He loved the folks that wished him well as everybody did; This world was lucky to see him born. [Verse] He took his office on a crippled leg he said to one and all: "You money changin’ racket boys have sure ’nuff got to fall;" This world was lucky to see him born [Verse] In senate walls and congress halls he used his gift of tongue To get you thieves and liars told and put you on the run; This world was lucky to see him born [Verse] I voted for him for lots o’ jobs I’d vote his name again; He tried to find an honest job for every idle man; This world was lucky to see him born [Verse] He helped to build my union hall he learned me how to talk; I could see he was a cripple but he learned my soul to walk; This world was lucky to see him born. [Verse] You Nazis and you fascists tried to boss this world by hate; He fought my war the union way and the hate gang all got beat; This world was lucky to see him born. [Verse] I sent him ’cross that ocean to Yalta and to Tehran; He didn’t like Churchill very much and told him man to man; This world was lucky to see him born. [Verse] He said he didn’t like DeGaulle nor no Chiang Kai Shek; Shook hands with Joseph Stalin says: "There’s a man I like!" This world was lucky to see him born. [Verse] I was torpedoed on my merchant ship the day he took command; He was hated by my captain but loved by all ships hands; This world was lucky to see him born. [Verse] I was a Gl in my army camp that day he passed away And over my shoulder talkin’ I could hear some soldier say: "This world was lucky to see him born." [Verse] I guess this world was lucky just to see him born; I know this world was lucky just to see him born; This world was lucky to see him born. yo the chorus is always the same!