Chords for What Keeps Mankind Alive - William S. Burroughs
Tempo:
67.05 bpm
Chords used:
D
C
Eb
Gb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
And now the ballot of the question what keeps [Am] mankind alive
[Dm] [Eb] [Ab] You gentlemen [D] who think you have a mission [Gm] to purge us of [Dm] the seven deadly sins
[F] Should first sort out the [B] basic food position
Then start your [Gb] preaching
[D] That's where it all [G] begins
[D] You lot who preach [Gb] restraint and watch your waste as well
[D] [Dm] Should learn [G] for once the way the world is run
[Db] [Bbm] [Ab] [Db] However much you twist
Or [Cm] whatever lies you [C] tell
Food is the [F] first thing
[C] Morals follow on
[Bbm] So [Bb] first be sure that [F] those who are [Ab] now starving
[Db] Get proper
helping
When we all start [Gb] carving
[Bm] [C] What keeps [B] mankind alive?
[C] What keeps mankind alive?
the fact that millions are daily [Eb] tortured
starved
Silence [D] and oppress
[C] [Gb] Mankind can keep alive
Thanks [C] to his aptitude
[D] For keeping his
humanity
repressed
[Gm] And [Eb] now for once you must try [G] to face the facts
[Eb] Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts
[Gm] [Eb] And for once you must try [G] to face the facts
[N] Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts
[Dm] [Eb] [Ab] You gentlemen [D] who think you have a mission [Gm] to purge us of [Dm] the seven deadly sins
[F] Should first sort out the [B] basic food position
Then start your [Gb] preaching
[D] That's where it all [G] begins
[D] You lot who preach [Gb] restraint and watch your waste as well
[D] [Dm] Should learn [G] for once the way the world is run
[Db] [Bbm] [Ab] [Db] However much you twist
Or [Cm] whatever lies you [C] tell
Food is the [F] first thing
[C] Morals follow on
[Bbm] So [Bb] first be sure that [F] those who are [Ab] now starving
[Db] Get proper
helping
When we all start [Gb] carving
[Bm] [C] What keeps [B] mankind alive?
[C] What keeps mankind alive?
the fact that millions are daily [Eb] tortured
starved
Silence [D] and oppress
[C] [Gb] Mankind can keep alive
Thanks [C] to his aptitude
[D] For keeping his
humanity
repressed
[Gm] And [Eb] now for once you must try [G] to face the facts
[Eb] Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts
[Gm] [Eb] And for once you must try [G] to face the facts
[N] Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts
Key:
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C
Eb
Gb
G
D
C
Eb
_ And now the ballot of the question what keeps [Am] mankind alive
_ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] [Ab] You gentlemen [D] who think you have a mission [Gm] to purge us of [Dm] the seven deadly sins
[F] _ Should first sort out the [B] basic food position
Then start your [Gb] preaching
[D] That's where it all [G] begins _
[D] _ _ You lot who preach [Gb] restraint and watch your waste as well
[D] _ _ [Dm] Should learn [G] for once the way the world is run
[Db] _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] However much you twist
_ Or [Cm] whatever lies you [C] tell _
_ Food is the [F] first thing
_ [C] Morals follow on
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ So [Bb] first be sure that [F] those who are [Ab] now starving _
[Db] Get proper
helping
When we all start [Gb] carving
_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ What keeps [B] mankind alive?
[C] What keeps mankind alive?
the fact that millions are daily [Eb] tortured
starved
Silence [D] and oppress
_ [C] _ _ _ [Gb] Mankind can keep alive
Thanks [C] to his aptitude
_ _ [D] For keeping his
humanity
_ repressed _ _ _
_ [Gm] And [Eb] now for once you must try [G] to face the facts
_ _ [Eb] Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts
_ [Gm] _ [Eb] And for once you must try [G] to face the facts
[N] Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] [Ab] You gentlemen [D] who think you have a mission [Gm] to purge us of [Dm] the seven deadly sins
[F] _ Should first sort out the [B] basic food position
Then start your [Gb] preaching
[D] That's where it all [G] begins _
[D] _ _ You lot who preach [Gb] restraint and watch your waste as well
[D] _ _ [Dm] Should learn [G] for once the way the world is run
[Db] _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] However much you twist
_ Or [Cm] whatever lies you [C] tell _
_ Food is the [F] first thing
_ [C] Morals follow on
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ So [Bb] first be sure that [F] those who are [Ab] now starving _
[Db] Get proper
helping
When we all start [Gb] carving
_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ What keeps [B] mankind alive?
[C] What keeps mankind alive?
the fact that millions are daily [Eb] tortured
starved
Silence [D] and oppress
_ [C] _ _ _ [Gb] Mankind can keep alive
Thanks [C] to his aptitude
_ _ [D] For keeping his
humanity
_ repressed _ _ _
_ [Gm] And [Eb] now for once you must try [G] to face the facts
_ _ [Eb] Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts
_ [Gm] _ [Eb] And for once you must try [G] to face the facts
[N] Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts _ _