Joe Pug - A Thousand Men Chords

A Thousand Men
Joe Pug

Capo 5th

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See Thomas Jefferson, on the eve of bunker hill
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Writing Words to die for, writing sentences to kill
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They've come to paint his portrait, so he grabs a chair and sits
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As the surgeon orders cotton, for a thousand tourniquets
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For god and country, for us and them
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Every good idea kills at least a thousand men
             C                             Em
At least a thousand men
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See the able bodied Christain, in a dark and savage land
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Telling all those who will listen
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That god was once a man
     Em       D      G
Through needles eyes so narrow, he will lead them four by four
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He's got 900 shackles, he needs at least a hundred more
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A thousand men, a thousand men
            C              Em
Every good idea kills at least a thousand men
             C                             Em
At least a thousand men
     C        D      G



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See the able bodied student, in his laboratory coat,
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Whispering calculations like prayers stuck in his throat
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Soon he will discover some flawless medicine
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But right now he needs an oven that holds at least a thousand men
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Some are the means, some are the ends
               C                  Em
Every good idea kills at least a thousand men
             C                             Em
At least a thousand men
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1001, 1001, every man I know thinks that he's 1001
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909, his day is done, every man I know thinks that hes 1001
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I know im 1001.
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