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Verse 1
D 
A 
D 
A 
G 
 (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major) 
D 
 (D major) When a ship is sinking
A 
and they  (A major) lower the lifeboats
G 
And  (G major) hand out the life jackets,
D 
the  (D major) men keep on their coats
The women and the children are
A 
the  (A major) ones who must go first
G 
And the  (G major) men who try to save their
D 
skins are  (D major) cowards and are cursed
G 
 (G major) Every

Verse 2
man's a captain,
D 
 (D major) men know how to drown
A 
 (A major) Man the lifeboats if there's room,
G 
D 
 (G major) otherwise go  (D major) down
A 
G 
 (A major)  (G major) 

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Verse 3
D 
 (D major) 
A 
And it's the same when there's a war  (A major) 
on: it's the men who go to fight
G 
Women  (G major) and children are civilians,
D 
when  (D major) they're killed it's not right
A 
D 
Men kill men  (A major) in uni (D major) form,
A 
 (A major) its the way war goes
G 
 (G major) When they run they're cowards,
D 
when they  (D major) stay they are heroes

Verse 4

Every man's a general,

men go off to war

The battlefields a man's world,

cannon fodders what they're for

Interlude 1

Verse 5
D 
It's the men who have the  (D major) power,
A 
it's the  (A major) men who have the might
G 
And the  (G major) world's a place of horror because
D 
 (D major) each man thinks he's right
A man's home is his castle so
A 
the  (A major) family let him in
G 
But what's  (G major) im portant in that kingdom
D 
is the  (D major) women and the children
G 
 (G major) A husband

Verse 6
and a father,
D 
 (D major) every man's a king
A 
But he's  (A major) really just a drone,
G 
D 
gathers no  (G major) honey, has no  (D major) sting
G 
D 
Have  (G major) pity on the general, the  (D major) king,
and the captain
A 
 (A major) They know they're expendable,
G 
D 
 (G major) after all they're  (D major) men