Men chords by Loudon Wainwright III
Verse 1
D
A
D
A
G
D
When a ship is sinking
A
and they lower the lifeboats
G
And hand out the life jackets,
D
the men keep on their coats
The women and the children are
A
the ones who must go first
G
And the men who try to save their
D
skins are cowards and are cursed
G
Every
Verse 2
man's a captain,
D
men know how to drown
A
Man the lifeboats if there's room,
G
D
otherwise go down
A
G
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Verse 3
D
A
And it's the same when there's a war
on: it's the men who go to fight
G
Women and children are civilians,
D
when they're killed it's not right
A
D
Men kill men in uniform,
A
its the way war goes
G
When they run they're cowards,
D
when they stay they are heroes
Verse 4
G
Every man's a general,
D
men go off to war
A
The battlefields a man's world,
G
D
cannon fodders what they're for
Interlude 1
D
A
G
D
Verse 5
D
It's the men who have the power,
A
it's the men who have the might
G
And the world's a place of horror because
D
each man thinks he's right
A man's home is his castle so
A
the family let him in
G
But what's im portant in that kingdom
D
is the women and the children
G
A husband
Verse 6
and a father,
D
every man's a king
A
But he's really just a drone,
G
D
gathers no honey, has no sting
G
D
Have pity on the general, the king,
and the captain
A
They know they're expendable,
G
D
after all they're men
Outro 1
A
G
D
Men
Loudon Wainwright III
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