Food for Songs Chords & Lyrics by Del Amitri

Food for Songs

guitar chords lyrics

Del Amitri

FOOD FOR SONGS - Del Amitri


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#+
You can see me to - night,
Bb/F [ch]C7/E[/ch]
I'll be shell shocked and white
Ci [ch]Bb/C[/ch] 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 [ch]C7/E[/ch] Ci [ch]Bb/C[/ch] - 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:
Gm (3 MEASURES)
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 [ch]C7/E[/ch]
every day of my life
Ci [ch]Bb/C[/ch] - 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 [ch]C7/E[/ch]
and you take what you see
Ci [ch]Bb/C[/ch] 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 //




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