Meatfest Digest: the Massacre Blues

©2001 Garrett Clevenger

{Em Bb A Em A Bb Em Bb A C D}= chord progression between verses.

Em Bb A Can I condemn the ant who marches,

Em Bb G furried feet pounding out a beat.

Em Bb A Rampaging through the forest,

Em G A chewing up all that they meet.

G A "Meatfest Digest", read it in the paper.

G A Making breaking headline news.

G A "Swarming, Storming Ants in an Army."

C D Giving me the massacre blues.

Em Bb A What is wrong with a shark who's flocking,

Em Bb G gathered fins with razor teeth?

Em Bb A Spilled blood triggers a feeding frenzy.

Em G A Hope you're not down underneath.

G A "Meatfest Digest", read it in the paper.

G A Making breaking headline news.

G A "Chasing, Tasting Sharks In the Water."

C D Giving me the massacre blues.

Em Bb A Magpie flies to a high tree branch,

Em Bb G scrounging for a tasty treat.

Em Bb A Crow chicks waiting for mama's meatloaf.

Em G A Magpie thinks crow chicks are sweet.

G A "Meatfest Digest", read it in the paper.

G A Making breaking headline news.

G A "5 chicks, Live Chicks, Magpie Swallows."

C D Giving me the massacre blues. x4

E+Friff x 8

{E flourish D C {E+Friff x4} E flourish C D {E+Friff x4}} x2

{E flourish D C E flourish C D} x2

G A x3

C D

Em Bb A Camo kids with sawed-off shot guns,

Em Bb G strap-on pipe-bombs at their side,

Em Bb A strolling through a loco high-school,

Em G A bloody stains where bodies lie.

G A "Meatfest Digest", read it in the paper.

G A Making breaking headline news.

G A " A loss for words."

C D Giving me the massacre blues.

Em Bb A Flying high in the friendly sky.

Em Bb G Men with mace spraying every face.

Em Bb A Kill the crew and the captain, too.

Em G A Crashtastrophy, what a waste.

G A "Meatfest Digest", read it in the paper.

G A Making breaking headline news.

G A High-jacked plane smacks into Twin Towers."

C D Giving me the massacre blues.

Em Bb A Can I condone the man who marches,

Em Bb G obeying orders for another's war,

Em Bb A terrorizing another's country,

Em G A giving Life another horror.

G A "Meatfest Digest", read it in the paper.

G A Making breaking headline news.

G A "Thrilling, Killing Men in an Army."

C D Giving me the massacre blues.

Em C(D) D(C) The massacre blues. x4

Em C(D) D(C) "Meatfest Digest" x4

Em C(D) D(C) "Meatfest Digest": the massacre blues. x4