Food For Songs chords

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Intro: 
G  
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#7+                                              
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#7+                                                      
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   
Gm    
C       
Gm      


               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#7+                                                  
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#7+                                                     
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: Gm