Eat The Meek chords by NOFX (Official Version)

OfficialDm · F · Bb · C · Am …

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Intro 1

Chorus 1
Dm 
F 
 (D minor) Why must we  (F major) stay
Bb 
F 
 (B flat major) where we don’t be (F major) long?
Dm 
F 
 (D minor) Why must we  (F major) stay
Bb 
F 
 (B flat major) where we don’t be (F major) long?

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Verse 1

Because there’s never gonna

be enough space

So eat the meek, savor the taste

It’s always gonna be a delicacy

So lick your chops and eat the meek Why

Chorus 2
Dm 
F 
 (D minor) Why must we  (F major) stay
Bb 
F 
 (B flat major) where we don’t be (F major) long?
Dm 
F 
 (D minor) Why must we  (F major) stay
Bb 
where we don’t must  (B flat major) belong?
F 
Don’t  (F major) belong

Bridge 1
Dm 
Bb 
 (D minor) The factory mass producing  (B flat major) fear
C 
Bottled, Capped, distributed  (C major) near
F 
and far sold for a reasonable  (F major) price
Dm 
The people, they love it, they  (D minor) feed it
F 
Brush with it, bathe with it,  (F major) breathe it,
C 
inject it direct to the  (C major) blood
Am 
 (A minor) It seems to be replacing

Chorus 3
Dm 
F 
 (D minor) (love) Why must we  (F major) stay
Bb 
F 
 (B flat major) where we don’t be (F major) long?
Dm 
F 
 (D minor) Why must we  (F major) stay
Bb 
where we don’t  (B flat major) belong?
F 
Don’t  (F major) belong

Verse 2
Dm 
 (D minor) Because there’s always
Bb 
gonna be token  (B flat major) truth
F 
C 
Forgotten code,  (F major) discarded youth  (C major) 
Dm 
 (D minor) You know there’s always
Bb 
gonna be pedi (B flat major) gree
F 
C 
One own the air,  (F major) one pay to breathe  (C major) 

Chorus 4
Dm 
F 
 (D minor) Why must we  (F major) stay
Bb 
F 
 (B flat major) where we don’t be (F major) long?
Dm 
F 
G 
 (D minor) Why must we  (F major) stay  (G major) 
D 
where we don’t belong?  (D major) 

Outro 1

Why must we stay

where we don’t belong?

Don’t belong

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: D minorBPM: 79

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
Bb: x-1-3-3-3-x
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
D: x-x-0-2-3-2

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This is the definitive original version of Eat The Meek by NOFX, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of D minor. It suits players who want to learn Eat The Meek the way NOFX intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.