GuitarTuna Pick
GuitarTuna

Get the full experience in app

Open

What Keeps Mankind Alive? chords by
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys
Logo

N/A•
Key: G minor•
Intro 1
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

D#
D#
6

View detailed D# chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D#
D#
6

View detailed D# chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G#m
G#m
4

View detailed G#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Adim
Adim

View detailed Adim chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Gaug
Gaug

View detailed Gaug chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app


Verse 1
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

You gentlemen who think you have a mission
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

to purge us of the seven deadly sin s
Gm
Gm
3

View detailed Gm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

should first sort out
G#m
G#m
4

View detailed G#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

the basic food position
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

then start your preaching,
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

that's where it begins
Verse 2
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

You lot who preach restraint and
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

watch your waist as well

should learn for all time how
Cm
Cm
3

View detailed Cm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

the world is run

However much you twist,
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

whatever lies you tell

food is the first thing,
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Gm
Gm
3

View detailed Gm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D#
D#
6

View detailed D# chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

morals follow on
Cm
Cm
3

View detailed Cm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

So first make sure that those
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

who now are starving

get proper helpings when we all
Gm
Gm
3

View detailed Gm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D#
D#
6

View detailed D# chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G#m
G#m
4

View detailed G#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
E
E

View detailed E chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

start carving
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
What keeps man
Verse 3
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

kind alive?
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C#dim
C#dim
4

View detailed C#dim chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

The fact that millions
Cm
Cm
3

View detailed Cm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

are daily tortured, stifled, punished,
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C#
C#
4

View detailed C# chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

silenced, op pressed
D#m
D#m
6

View detailed D#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Mankind can keep alive
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

thanks to its brilliance
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

at keeping its humanity repressed
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
F
F

View detailed F chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

For once you must not try to
Cm
Cm
3

View detailed Cm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
F
F

View detailed F chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Cm
Cm
3

View detailed Cm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

shirk the facts
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
F
F

View detailed F chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Mankind is kept alive by
Cm
Cm
3

View detailed Cm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

bestial acts
Verse 4
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

You say the girls may strip
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

with your permission
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

You draw the line dividing art from sin
Gm
Gm
3

View detailed Gm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

So first sort out the basic
G#m
G#m
4

View detailed G#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

food position
Adim
Adim

View detailed Adim chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

then start your preaching,
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

that's where it begins
Verse 5
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

You lot who bank on your
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

desires and our disgust

should learn for all time how
Cm
Cm
3

View detailed Cm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

the world is run

Whatever lies you tell,
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

however much you twist
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Gm
Gm
3

View detailed Gm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

food is the first thing, morals follow on
D#
D#
6

View detailed D# chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Gm
Gm
3

View detailed Gm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Cm
Cm
3

View detailed Cm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

So first make sure that those
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

who now are starving
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

get proper helpings when we all
Gm
Gm
3

View detailed Gm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
E
E

View detailed E chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Adim
Adim

View detailed Adim chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

start carving
Am
Am

View detailed Am chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
What keeps man
Verse 6
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

kind alive?
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C#dim
C#dim
4

View detailed C#dim chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C#m
C#m
4

View detailed C#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

The fact that mil lions
Cm
Cm
3

View detailed Cm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

are daily tortured, stifled, punished,
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C#
C#
4

View detailed C# chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

silenced, op pressed
D#m
D#m
6

View detailed D#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Mankind can keep alive
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

thanks to its brilliance
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

at keeping its humanity repressed
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
F
F

View detailed F chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Cm
Cm
3

View detailed Cm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

For once you must not try to shirk
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
F
F

View detailed F chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Cm
Cm
3

View detailed Cm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

the facts
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
F
F

View detailed F chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Cm
Cm
3

View detailed Cm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Mankind is kept alive by bestial
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

acts
C#dim
C#dim
4

View detailed C#dim chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
F#
F#
2

View detailed F# chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Cm
Cm
3

View detailed Cm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
E
E

View detailed E chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Verse 7
C#
C#
4

View detailed C# chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

D#m
D#m
6

View detailed D#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Mankind can keep alive
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

thanks to its brilliance
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D#
D#
6

View detailed D# chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

at keeping its humanity repressed
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
F
F

View detailed F chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

For once you must not try to
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
F
F

View detailed F chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

shirk the facts
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
F
F

View detailed F chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts
Outro 1
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app


How did you like the song?

You need to log in to leave a rating.
An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Em

  • B

    2

  • D#

    6

  • D

  • G#m

    4

  • Adim

  • Gaug

  • Gm

    3

  • Cm

    3

  • Dm

  • Am

  • E

  • G

  • C#dim

    4

  • C

  • C#

    4

  • D#m

    6

  • A

  • F

  • C#m

    4

  • F#

    2

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

0

Autoscroll20%

More songs by Pet Shop Boys

Discover chords for more songs to play

Pet Shop Boys

Paninaro

Pet Shop Boys

Always On My Mind

Pet Shop Boys

It's A Sin

Pet Shop Boys

Domino Dancing

Pet Shop Boys

Suburbia

Pet Shop Boys

Se a Vida E

Pet Shop Boys

Two Divided by Zero

See More

Related songs

Discover chords for more songs to play

Pet Shop Boys

Paninaro

Pet Shop Boys

Lukas Graham

7 Years

Lukas Graham

Coldplay

Yellow

Coldplay

Ed Sheeran

Perfect

Ed Sheeran

Jason Mraz

I'm Yours

Jason Mraz

Pet Shop Boys

It's A Sin

Pet Shop Boys

John Legend

All Of Me

John Legend

See More

Popular chords globally

Most played chords & tabs across all users

1

Perfect

Ed Sheeran

2

Creep

Radiohead

3

Yellow

Coldplay

4

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Green Day

5

Zombie

The Cranberries

6

Wonderwall

Oasis

7

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

Recently added

Recently added chords & tabs

Captivate Us

Watermark

Lonely Fight

Mk.gee

How Many Miles

Mk.gee

Candy

Mk.gee

Earrings

Malcolm Todd

Roommates

Malcolm Todd

4me 4me

Malcolm Todd

Frequently asked questions

The original key of What Keeps Mankind Alive? by Pet Shop Boys is G minor.

The primary chords used in What Keeps Mankind Alive? are Gm, D, F#, F, Bm, Cdim.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Gm, D, F#, F, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of What Keeps Mankind Alive? is approximately 120 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of What Keeps Mankind Alive? using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

Yes! Click the Print icon to generate a clean, one-page version of the chords and lyrics for What Keeps Mankind Alive?. This is perfect for practicing offline or adding to a physical songbook.

Yes, we have integrated a Mini-Tuner directly on this page. Use it to quickly check your string pitch (Standard Tuning: E A D G B E) before you start playing along with Pet Shop Boys.

Absolutely. Click the Save or Heart icon to add What Keeps Mankind Alive? to your account. You can access all your saved songs under My Library at any time.

You can view the full chord sheet and lyrics for What Keeps Mankind Alive? by Pet Shop Boys on this page for free. We provide high-quality, verified chords to help you start playing immediately.