What Keeps Mankind Alive? chords and lyrics - TOM WAITS

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[Intro 1]
[Dm][G][Em][C#][Em][B][Em][B]

[Verse 1]
You [Em]gen
tlemen who [B]think you have a mission
[F#]To p[B]urge[F#] us of the sev[B]
en deadly sin[Em]s[B]
[C]Should fir[Gm]st sort out the
[D]basic food posi[D#m]tion
[G#m]Then start [E]your preach[Am]ing,
[B]that's where it begin[Em]s
[B]You

[Verse 2]
[Em]lot who preach res[B]traint and
watch your [F#]waist as [B]well
Should [F#]learn, for once,
the [B]way the [C]world is run
[Gm]However much you twist[C] or wh[Gm]atever
[G]lies [D]that you tel[Am]l
Food is the [D]first thing, [Am]morals [Gm]follow [D]on

[Verse 3]
So [C]first make sure that [Gm]those
who are now [D]starving
[Am]Get proper helpings [D]when we all
start [Gm]carving[D#][C#][Am]
What keeps mankind [B]alive?

[Verse 4]
[B]What [Am]keeps[C] mankind[G] alive[Em]?
The fact that [C#dim]millions [C]are
daily [F]tortured
[Em]Stifled, [E]punished,
silenced and [C#]op pressed
Mankind [D#m]can keep alive
thanks to its [D]brilliance[Bm]
In [Em]keeping [B]its [Em]hu ma[B]nity repressed
[Cdim]And for [B]once you[Em] must tr[D]y not[C]
to [B]shrink [Em]the facts[D][C]
[B]Mankin[Em]d is kep[D]t ali[C]ve by bestial acts