{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1040337,"song":"Men","artist":"Loudon Wainwright III","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11229570-men-chords-by-loudon-wainwright-iii/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1040337?type=chord","rating":4.84551,"votes":10,"content":"Men\r\nLoudon Wainwright III\r\nAlbum: History(1992)                                                         \r\n\r\nCapo 2\r\nChords:\r\n[ch]Dmaj7[/ch]      xx0222\r\n[ch]A[/ch]*         x02225\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nWhen a ship is sinking and they lower the lifeboats[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd hand out the lifejackets, the men keep on their coats[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nThe women and the children are the ones who must go first[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the men who try to save their skins are cowards and are cursed[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEvery man's a captain, men know how to drown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMan the lifeboats if there's room, otherwise go down[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd it's the same when there's a war on; it's the men who go to fight\r\nWomen and children are civilians, when they're killed it's not right\r\nMen kill men in uniform; it's the way war goes\r\nWhen they run they're cowards, when they stay they are heroes\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\nEvery man's a general, men go off to war\r\nThe battlefield's a man's world; cannon fodder's what they're for\r\n\r\nIt's the men who have the power; it's the men who have the might\r\nAnd the world's a place of horror; because each man think he's right\r\nA man's home is his castle, so the family let him in\r\nBut what's important in that kingdom, is the women and children\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\nA husband and a father, every man's a king\r\nBut he's really just a drone, gathers no honey has no sting\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\nHave pity on the general, the king and the captain\r\nThey know they're expendable, after all they're men","plain_text":"Men\nLoudon Wainwright III\nAlbum: History(1992)                                                         \n\nCapo 2\nChords:\nDmaj7      xx0222\nA*         x02225\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\nAnd it's the same when there's a war on; it's the men who go to fight\nWomen and children are civilians, when they're killed it's not right\nMen kill men in uniform; it's the way war goes\nWhen they run they're cowards, when they stay they are heroes\n\nChorus:\nEvery man's a general, men go off to war\nThe battlefield's a man's world; cannon fodder's what they're for\n\nIt's the men who have the power; it's the men who have the might\nAnd the world's a place of horror; because each man think he's right\nA man's home is his castle, so the family let him in\nBut what's important in that kingdom, is the women and children\n\nChorus:\nA husband and a father, every man's a king\nBut he's really just a drone, gathers no honey has no sting\n\nChorus:\nHave pity on the general, the king and the captain\nThey know they're expendable, after all they're men","chords":["Dmaj7","A","D","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}