Chords for Tom Waits - "What Keeps Mankind Alive"
Tempo:
88.35 bpm
Chords used:
D
Eb
F
C
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [Gm]
You gentlemen who think [A] you have a mission [D] to [A]
[Eb] purge us [D] of the seven deadly [Gm] sins [Bb]
should
first sort out [F] the [Gb] basic food position, [Bm] then [C] start your preaching.
[D] That's where [G] it begins.
[Gm]
You lot [D] who preach restraint [A] and watch your waste as well should learn for [D] once the way
the [Eb] world is run.
[Bb]
However much [Eb] you twist [Bb] or [C] whatever lies that you tell, [Cm] [F] food is the first thing.
[C] [Bb] Morals follow [F] on.
[Eb] So first [Bbm] make sure that those [Db] who are now starving [C] get proper [F] helpings.
When [Bbm] we all start carving, [Bm] [C] what keeps [D] mankind alive?
[G] What keeps [Bb]
mankind [A] alive?
[F] The fact that [E] billions [Eb] of daily [G] tortured, stifled, punished, [Dbm] silenced and oppressed
[B] Mankind can [Gbm] keep alive [Gbm] thanks to its [Dm] brilliance and [E]
keeping its [C] humanity [D] repressed.
[G] Well for once you [F] must [Eb] try not to [D] shrink [Gm] the facts.
[F] [Eb]
Mankind [D] [Gm] [F] is kept [Eb]
You gentlemen who think [A] you have a mission [D] to [A]
[Eb] purge us [D] of the seven deadly [Gm] sins [Bb]
should
first sort out [F] the [Gb] basic food position, [Bm] then [C] start your preaching.
[D] That's where [G] it begins.
[Gm]
You lot [D] who preach restraint [A] and watch your waste as well should learn for [D] once the way
the [Eb] world is run.
[Bb]
However much [Eb] you twist [Bb] or [C] whatever lies that you tell, [Cm] [F] food is the first thing.
[C] [Bb] Morals follow [F] on.
[Eb] So first [Bbm] make sure that those [Db] who are now starving [C] get proper [F] helpings.
When [Bbm] we all start carving, [Bm] [C] what keeps [D] mankind alive?
[G] What keeps [Bb]
mankind [A] alive?
[F] The fact that [E] billions [Eb] of daily [G] tortured, stifled, punished, [Dbm] silenced and oppressed
[B] Mankind can [Gbm] keep alive [Gbm] thanks to its [Dm] brilliance and [E]
keeping its [C] humanity [D] repressed.
[G] Well for once you [F] must [Eb] try not to [D] shrink [Gm] the facts.
[F] [Eb]
Mankind [D] [Gm] [F] is kept [Eb]
Key:
D
Eb
F
C
Gm
D
Eb
F
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You gentlemen who think [A] you have a mission [D] to _ [A] _
[Eb] purge us [D] of the seven deadly [Gm] sins _ _ [Bb]
should
first sort out [F] the [Gb] basic food position, _ [Bm] then [C] start your preaching.
[D] That's where [G] it begins.
_ [Gm]
You lot [D] who preach restraint [A] and watch your waste as well _ should learn for [D] once the way
the [Eb] world is run.
[Bb] _
However much [Eb] you twist [Bb] or [C] whatever lies that you tell, [Cm] [F] food is the first thing.
[C] _ [Bb] Morals follow [F] on.
[Eb] So first [Bbm] make sure that those [Db] who are now starving [C] _ get proper [F] helpings.
When [Bbm] we all start carving, _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ what keeps [D] mankind alive?
_ _ [G] What keeps [Bb]
mankind _ [A] alive?
[F] The fact that [E] billions [Eb] of daily [G] tortured, stifled, punished, [Dbm] silenced and oppressed
_ [B] Mankind can [Gbm] keep alive [Gbm] thanks to its [Dm] brilliance _ and [E]
keeping its [C] humanity [D] repressed. _
[G] Well for once you [F] must [Eb] try not to [D] shrink [Gm] the facts.
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
Mankind [D] _ _ [Gm] _ [F] is kept [Eb]
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You gentlemen who think [A] you have a mission [D] to _ [A] _
[Eb] purge us [D] of the seven deadly [Gm] sins _ _ [Bb]
should
first sort out [F] the [Gb] basic food position, _ [Bm] then [C] start your preaching.
[D] That's where [G] it begins.
_ [Gm]
You lot [D] who preach restraint [A] and watch your waste as well _ should learn for [D] once the way
the [Eb] world is run.
[Bb] _
However much [Eb] you twist [Bb] or [C] whatever lies that you tell, [Cm] [F] food is the first thing.
[C] _ [Bb] Morals follow [F] on.
[Eb] So first [Bbm] make sure that those [Db] who are now starving [C] _ get proper [F] helpings.
When [Bbm] we all start carving, _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ what keeps [D] mankind alive?
_ _ [G] What keeps [Bb]
mankind _ [A] alive?
[F] The fact that [E] billions [Eb] of daily [G] tortured, stifled, punished, [Dbm] silenced and oppressed
_ [B] Mankind can [Gbm] keep alive [Gbm] thanks to its [Dm] brilliance _ and [E]
keeping its [C] humanity [D] repressed. _
[G] Well for once you [F] must [Eb] try not to [D] shrink [Gm] the facts.
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
Mankind [D] _ _ [Gm] _ [F] is kept [Eb]