Who Will Feed The People? chords by
Tom Paxton

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Key: C# minor•

Verse 1

Am

Am

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Dm

Dm

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G

G

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C

C

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Am

Am

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Dm

Dm

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If they

G

G

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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take away my farm,

G

G

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C

C

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if they pull me off the plow,

Am

Am

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Dm

Dm

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tell me who will feed the people,

G

G

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C

C

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the hell the banker don't know how

Am

Am

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Dm

Dm

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it's all pages in a mystery

G

G

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that he'll never understand

C

C

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Am

Am

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Dm

Dm

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tell me who will feed the people

G

G

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C

C

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if they put me off my land

Dm

Dm

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if they're calling all my loans

G

G

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C

C

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if they call the auctioneer

Am

Am

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Dm

Dm

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Tell me who will bring the crops in

G

G

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C

C

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with no farm folks living here?

Am

Am

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Dm

Dm

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Will the bank run the combine?

G

G

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C

C

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Will the agent bail the hay?

Am

Am

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Tell me who will be the people

Dm

Dm

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G

G

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C

C

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if they take my farm away?

Am

Am

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When my great -granddaddy Jacob,

D

D

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ninety -seven years ago,

G

G

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Broke this sod behind to oxen,

broke his back to make it grow,

C

C

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Taught his sons by his example,

Dm

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G

G

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C

C

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as they taught their sons in turn,

Am

Am

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What this topsoil had to teach him,

D

D

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G

G

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my great -granddaddy tried to learn.

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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If they put us on the road,

G

G

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C

C

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if they tell us we must go,

Am

Am

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Who will come to take our

Dm

Dm

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places?

G

G

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Who'll know half the things

C

C

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we know?

Am

Am

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Dm

Dm

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Who'll know every inch of topsoil

G

G

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C

C

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as it trickles through the hand?

Am

Am

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Tell me who will be the people

Dm

Dm

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G

G

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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G

G

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C

C

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Am

Am

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if they put me off my land?

Dm

Dm

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G

G

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C

C

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Am

Am

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Dm

Dm

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G

G

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C

C

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Am

Am

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Dm

Dm

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G

G

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C

C

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Am

Am

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When my great -granddaddy, J .K.

D

D

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Ninety -seven years ago,

G

G

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broke this side behind two oxen,

broke it back to make it grow.

C

C

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Taught his sons by his example,

Dm

Dm

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G

G

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C

C

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as they taught their sons in turn.

Am

Am

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What this topsoil had to teach him,

D

D

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G

G

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great -granddaddy tried to learn.

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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If they take away my farm,

G

G

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if they pull me off the plow

C

C

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Am

Am

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Dm

Dm

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Tell me who will feed the people,

G

G

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hell, think I don't know how

C

C

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Am

Am

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Dm

Dm

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It's all pages in a mys tery

G

G

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that you'll never understand

C

C

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Am

Am

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Tell me who will feed the people

Dm

Dm

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G

G

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if they put me off my land

C

C

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Am

Am

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And it's our fate to tell a mystery

Dm

Dm

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G

G

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that he'll never understand

C

C

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Am

Am

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Tell me who will be the people

Dm

Dm

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G

G

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C

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if they put me off my land

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Capo: 4

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The original key of Who Will Feed The People? by Tom Paxton is C# minor.

The primary chords used in Who Will Feed The People? are C#m, F#m, B, E, F#.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like C#m, F#m, B, E, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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