Loudon Wainwright Iii - Men

men
loudon wainwright iii
album : history ( 1992 )

capo 2
chords :
Dmaj7 xx0222
A * x02225

D Dmaj7 A A *
when a ship is sinking and they lower the lifeboats
G D
and hand out the lifejackets , the men keep on their coats
D Dmaj7 A A *
the women and the children are the ones who must go first
G D
and the men who try to save their skins are cowards and are cursed

chorus :
G D
every man’s a captain , men know how to drown
A G D
man the lifeboats if there’s room , otherwise go down

and it’s the same when there’s a war on; it’s the men who go to fight
women and children are civilians , when they’re killed it’s not right
men kill men in uniform; it’s the way war goes
when they run they’re cowards , when they stay they are heroes

chorus :
every man’s a general , men go off to war
the battlefield’s a man’s world; cannon fodder’s what they’re for

it’s the men who have the power; it’s the men who have the might
and the world’s a place of horror; because each man think he’s right
a man’s home is his castle , so the family let him in
but what’s important in that kingdom , is the women and children

chorus :
a husband and a father , every man’s a king
but he’s really just a drone , gathers no honey has no sting

chorus :
have pity on the general , the king and the captain
they know they’re expendable , after all they’re men