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Tuning: Drop D
 D000232
F6no5 3x023x
 G65x045x
 F/Cx3321x
 Amx02210
 Cx32010
 G/Bx20033
D   F6no5   D   F6no5   G6 (repeat throughout intro and verse)
If you beat up, you butcher, and you bleed a man
You bang up and badger and blood-let a man
And then I come along
On the feet of man
And halfway laugh and cry
About the meat of man
And I do what I can
To bale string and tie
Some ballad truths
Up and cured out
For the feed of man
Folks try to tell me
That it's on God's orders
That you bleed your man
It's on God's good word that you
Bleed your man
On God's plan print
That you dead a man
Or spit and curse and whip your man
I say I'll hF/Celp you squeeze and fAmix yourself up a
CA new kind of GG/Bod of some kind
D   F6no5   D   F6no5   G6 (repeat throughout and verse)
One that tells you
Fertilize and multiply
One that tells you
Outsow and outblow
Outplant and outgrow
Outdo, and outrun, and outclimb, and outspread
Every other tree and bush
And brushy fruits and flower petals
Outfruit them all
For the feed of man
Outstalk and outhunt and outthink
For God's own sweet sake, outthink! Outthink!
Outthink the fruits
Outgrow these animal kinds and shapes of man
It you miss and go down
Your dust will turn up on that long hot job
Once more again
To help in the feeding and the seed of man
And not in the bleeding and the end of man
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| pb  Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release

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Feed Of Man

by Billy Bragg

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F/C

G/B

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Tuning: Drop D

000232

F6no5 3x023x

5x045x

F/C

x3321x

x02210

x32010

G/B

x20033

D F6no5 D F6no5 G6 (repeat throughout intro and verse)

If you beat up, you butcher, and you bleed a man

You bang up and badger and blood-let a man

And then I come along

On the feet of man

And halfway laugh and cry

About the meat of man

And I do what I can

To bale string and tie

Some ballad truths

Up and cured out

For the feed of man

Folks try to tell me

That it's on God's orders

That you bleed your man

It's on God's good word that you

Bleed your man

On God's plan print

That you dead a man

Or spit and curse and whip your man

F/C Am

I say I'll help you squeeze and fix yourself up a

C G/B

A new kind of God of some kind

D F6no5 D F6no5 G6 (repeat throughout and verse)

One that tells you

Fertilize and multiply

One that tells you

Outsow and outblow

Outplant and outgrow

Outdo, and outrun, and outclimb, and outspread

Every other tree and bush

And brushy fruits and flower petals

Outfruit them all

For the feed of man

Outstalk and outhunt and outthink

For God's own sweet sake, outthink! Outthink!

Outthink the fruits

Outgrow these animal kinds and shapes of man

It you miss and go down

Your dust will turn up on that long hot job

Once more again

To help in the feeding and the seed of man

And not in the bleeding and the end of man

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| pb Pre-bend

| pbr Pre-bend release

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