Chords for William S Burroughs on September Songs

_ _ _ _ And now the ballot of the question _ _ what keeps mankind alive
_ _ _ [D] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [E] You gentlemen who think you have a mission [Gm] to purge us of [Dm] the seven deadly sins
[F] _ _ _ [F] _
_ Should first sort out the basic food [D] position
Then start your preaching _
That's where it [G] all begins
_ [D]
You [Eb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ lot who preach restraint and [Gb] watch your waste as well
[D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] Should learn for once the way the world is run
[Dbm] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Gb] However much you twist _ _
[F] Or whatever lies [Cm] you tell
_ [C] _
_ _ _ Food is the first [F] thing
_ _ _ [C] Morals follow on
[Bb] _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] So first [Bb] be sure that [F] those who are now [Ab] starving
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ Get proper
_ helping
_ When we all start [Bbm] carving _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
What keeps [B] mankind alive? _
[C] What keeps mankind [Bbm] alive the fact that millions are daily tortured [Eb] _ [Bb] dark
[Ab] Silence and oppress
[C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ Mankind can keep alive
[B] _ Thanks to his [C]
aptitude
_ _ _ _ _ For [D] keeping his
_ humanity
_ [Gb] _ _
[D] [Gb] repressed
_ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ [Eb] And now for once [F] you must [D] try to [G] face [Eb] the facts _
[Bb] _ [G] _ _ [Eb] Mankind is [A] kept alive by [G] bestial [Eb] acts
[F] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Eb] And for once you [D] must try to [G] face the facts
_ _ Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts _ _