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What Keeps Mankind Alive? chords by
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Key: G minor•
Intro 1
Dm
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G
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C#
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4

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B
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2

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B
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Verse 1
Em
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You gen
B
B
2

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tlemen who think you have a mission
F#
F#
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B
B
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F#
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B
B
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To purge us of the sev
Em
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B
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en deadly sins
C
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Gm
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3

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Should first sort out the
D
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D#m
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6

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basic food position
G#m
G#m
4

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E
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Am
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Then start your preaching,
B
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Em
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that's where it begins
B
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2

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You
Verse 2
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B
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lot who preach restraint and
F#
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B
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2

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watch your waist as well
F#
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Should learn, for once,
B
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C
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the way the world is run
Gm
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Gm
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However much you twist or whatever
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D
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lies that you tell
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Gm
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D
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Food is the first thing, morals follow on
Verse 3
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Gm
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So first make sure that those
D
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who are now starving
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Get proper helpings when we all
Gm
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D#
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C#
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Am
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start carving
B
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What keeps mankind alive?
Verse 4
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Em
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What keeps mankind alive?
C#dim
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C
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The fact that millions are
F
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daily tortured
Em
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E
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Stifled, punished,
C#
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4

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silenced and op pressed
D#m
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Mankind can keep alive
D
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Bm
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2

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thanks to its brilliance
Em
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2

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In keeping its hu manity repressed
Cdim
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D
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And for once you must try not
B
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to shrink the facts
B
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D
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Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Dm

  • G

  • Em

  • C#

    4

  • B

    2

  • F#

    2

  • C

  • Gm

    3

  • D

  • D#m

    6

  • G#m

    4

  • E

  • Am

  • D#

    6

  • C#dim

    4

  • F

  • Bm

    2

  • Cdim

    3

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of What Keeps Mankind Alive? by Tom Waits is G minor.

The primary chords used in What Keeps Mankind Alive? are Fm, Bb, Gm, E, D, A.

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

Yes, this version uses open chords like Fm, Bb, Gm, E, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of What Keeps Mankind Alive? is approximately 79 beats per minute.

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