The Butchers Sher chords by Daniel Kahn And The Painted Bird

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: E

Intro:


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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
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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:
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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
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        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:
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