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Capo: 2
Men
Loudon Wainwright III
Album: History(1992)
Capo 2
Chords:
Cmaj7 xx0222
F* x02225
C Cmaj7 F F*
When a ship is sinking and they lower the lifeboats
And hFand out the lifejackets, the mCen keep on their coats
C Cmaj7 F F*
The women and the children are the ones who must go first
And the mFen who try to save their skins are cCowards and are cursed
Chorus:
FEvery man's a captain, mCen know how to drown
FMan the lifeboats if there's room, oFtherwise go dCown
And it's the same when there's a war on; it's the men who go to fight
Women and children are civilians, when they're killed it's not right
Men kill men in uniform; it's the way war goes
When they run they're cowards, when they stay they are heroes
Chorus:
Every man's a general, men go off to war
The battlefield's a man's world; cannon fodder's what they're for
It's the men who have the power; it's the men who have the might
And the world's a place of horror; because each man think he's right
A man's home is his castle, so the family let him in
But what's important in that kingdom, is the women and children
Chorus:
A husband and a father, every man's a king
But he's really just a drone, gathers no honey has no sting
Chorus:
Have pity on the general, the king and the captain
They know they're expendable, after all they're men