The Butchers Sher chords by Daniel Kahn And The Painted Bird
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Key: E Intro: e|-----------------------| B|--/5---3---------------| G|---------5-4-2---------| D|---------------5-3-2---| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------| E E Shimke Khazer iz keyn Stambol geforn E E Er hot gevolt zikh farlengern di yorn F Dm/F Er hot gevolt dos lebn makhn beser Dm Dm/F E Hot men im arayngelegt a zagranitshne meser Am Am Dm Er hot gevolt dos lebn makhn beser E
Hot men im arayngelegt a zagranitshne meser
Bridge 1:
Roughly the clarinet voice
E E E Dm Dm E
e|---------7-4-----4-5-4--------7-4---------------------------5-4-5-7-8-7-5---7-4----------------|
B|--\5-6-5-----5-5--------5-6-5-----5-6-5-3---2-3-2-3-5-6-5-3---------------------5-5-6-3-5------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
E Dm/F E
Well the world has never been so very small
E Dm/F E
Though they say there's not enough to feed us all
Am Dm/F
So you better save a nickel while you can
Dm F E
But it needn't come from someone else's hand
E Dm/F E
Just take a little extra every day
E Dm/F E
For honest work deserves an honest pay
Am Dm/F
You can tell the world you did it by yourself
Dm E
There's someone you must thank for all his help
Chorus 1:
A
You gotta give the butcher his share
A
You'd like to make believe he isn't there
Dm A
You'd like to make believe you just receive what's only fair
Dm A
That no one has to suffer to keep you in your chair
E A
But you gotta give the butcher his share
Bridge 1:
E E E Dm Dm E
e|---------7-4-----4-5-4--------7-4---------------------------5-4-5-7-8-7-5---7-4----------------|
B|--\5-6-5-----5-5--------5-6-5-----5-6-5-3---2-3-2-3-5-6-5-3---------------------5-5-6-3-5------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
E Dm/F E
Let's take a walk around the old bazaar
E Dm/F E
Where every little thing has traveled far
Am Dm/F
Every pair of pants and grain of rice
Dm F E
Contains a horror story in its price
E Dm/F E
A story of the power people wield
E Dm/F E
A story about factories and fields
Am Dm/F
Of which you'll never have to be aware
Dm E
Just as long as the butcher gets his share
Chorus 2:
A
You gotta give the butcher his share
A
No matter what you buy or what you wear
Dm A
'Cause no one ever said the distribution would be fair
Dm A
Blood and guts encoded in the value of the ware
E A
But you gotta give the butcher his share
Verse 3:
E Dm/F E
Well here's another soldier on the train
E Dm/F E
You hope you won't be seeing him again
Am Dm/F
And you tell yourself, "My G-d, he looks so young"
Dm F E
You find that you are staring at his gun
E Dm/F E
And you wonder what this soldier does for fun
E Dm/F E
You wonder 'bout the things he might have done
Am Dm/F
Well he was doing them for people just like you
E F A
So you better give the butcher his due
Chorus 3:
A
You gotta give the butcher his due
A
'Cause you're lucky that it's him instead of you
Dm A
Who does the dirty things you hope you'll never have to do
Dm A
And has to keep his filthy little fingers out of view
E A
But you gotta give the butcher his due
Bridge 2:
Again roughly the clarinet voice
G D G Am D Am G
e|------------------------------------\10-9-------\10---------------------\10----------------------------|
B|---------12-10----12-12-12-10----10-------13-12-------------------10-13-----12-13---10-12----10--------|
G|--\12-12-------12-------------12--------------------12---11-12-13-------------------------12-----11-12-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Am D G
e|--15-14-12----------------|
B|-----------15-13-12-------|
G|--------------------14-12-|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
G
You can build yourself a garden
D
You can cover it in green
G Am
But my dear I beg your pardon
E Dm/F E
How do you keep your little fingers clean?
Verse 4:
(No chords palyed, only a marching snare drum)
E Dm/F E
You don't have to rally 'round a flag
E Dm/F E
You may as well salute a dirty rag
Am Dm/F
And this isn't a defense of evil deeds
Dm F E
It's just a little song about our needs
(Chords restart playing here along with the snare drum)
E Dm/F E
Our need to feel enlightened and secure
E Dm/F E
And civilized and rational and pure
Am Dm/F
To feel we are decent good and nice
Dm E
Just as long as the butcher gets his price
Chorus 4:
A
You gotta give the butcher his price
A
No matter what you think of human rights
Dm A
You've gotta give the butcher his lot
B7 E
For being everything you think you're not
A
You gotta give the butcher his share
A
No matter how you say you really care
Dm/F
'Cause he's the one who did the stealing
A
And then named you as the heir
Dm/F A
Whose filthiness provided you the privileges you bear
E A
You gotta give the butcher his share
Outro:
E E E Dm Dm E
e|---------7-4-----4-5-4--------7-4---------------------------5-4-5-7-8-7-5---7-4----------------|
B|--\5-6-5-----5-5--------5-6-5-----5-6-5-3---2-3-2-3-5-6-5-3---------------------5-5-6-3-5------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E Dm Dm E
e|---------7-4-----4-5-4--------7-4---------------------------5-4-5-7-8-7-5---7-4----------------|
B|--\5-6-5-----5-5--------5-6-5-----5-6-5-3---2-3-2-3-5-6-5-3---------------------5-5-6-3-5------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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