FOOD FOR SONGS  -       Del Amitri


Intro:
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Gm -   Fsus4 - C/E -   Gm -   G - 
Gm -   Fsus4 - C/E -   Gm -   G5 -


              Gm                                                     
Well there's      people hauling people 
Fsus4           C/E               Gm        G                                      
      Out from       under their      homes 
              Gm                                                     
Yeah there's      people hauling people 
Fsus4                  C/E            Gm          Gm7                                
      Out through the       groaning      stones 

         Gm               F#+                                             
You can      see me to -       night, 
         Bb/F                     C7/E                                       
I'll be        shell shocked and       white 
        Ci         Bb/C           Ci                                           
in the      cold        light of      dawn/

       Bb              F                                                
But I     ain't gonna     cry 
         C11                 C                                          
just to       give some guy 
          Gm         Gm                                                 
Food for      songs 


Gm                                                                  
    People going hungry, 
Fsus4               C/E               Gm         G                                 
      Stand like a       sackfull of      bones 
Gm                                                                  
    People going hungry, 
Fsus4            C/E           Gm         G5                                        
      feeding a       billion      homes 

    Gm            F#+                                                     
So      I put my       dead child 
Bb/F                     C7/E      Ci      Bb/C - Ci                                       
      down you put your        TV      on 

        Bb /              F /                                             
Well I       ain't gonna      cry 
         C11                C                                           
just to       give some guy 
          Gm                                                         
Food for      songs 


Break:
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C       (1 MEASURE)
Gm      (3 MEASURES)
C       (1 MEASURE)
Gm      (2 MEASURES)


               Gm /                                                   
Yeah, there's        people beating people, 
Fsus4 /          C/E /          Gm          Gm                                        
        Keep the        system      strong 
                Gm                                                    
Yeah, there's       people beating people
     Fsus4                C/E              Gm                                   
to         keep the il -       lusion go -      ing 

    Gm                F#+                                                 
So      I'm going to       fight 
       Bb/F             C7/E                                                 
every        day of my        life 
              Ci        Bb/C - Ci                                              
'til they're       gone 

       Bb /              F /                                              
But I       ain't gonna       die 
         C11                 C                                          
just to       give some guy 
          Gm          Gm                                                
Food for       songs 
          Gm          Gm                                                
Food for       songs 


               Gm                                                    
Yeah, there's      people holding people 
Fsus4                C/E           Gm          Gm                                   
       Making those       wailing      sounds 
               Gm                                                    
Yeah, there's      people holding people, 
Fsus4                 C/E            Gm       Gm                                    
       Watching them       lower me      down 

    Gm             F#+                                                    
So      I take my       leave 
          Bb/F                C7/E                                           
and you        take what you        see 
         Ci           Bb/C            Ci                                       
And you      make it        what you      want 

            Bb /             F /                                          
But when I       see you in      hell, 
        C11                 C11                                           
I will       give you some 
          Gm         Gm                                                 
Food for      songs 


Outro:
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G      3xxxxx
Gm     3553xx
Fsus4  1133xx
C/E    03201x
G5     xxx033
Gm7    355363
F#+    2x0332
Bb/F   113331
C7/E   032310
Ci     x3555x
Bb/C   x3333x
Bb     x13331
F      133211
C11    x32011
C      x32010