Starvation Blues

©2005 Garrett Clevenger

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C      F     G     C      How do you feel when you know the news? I tell you, I'm hungry for a change.
F  G C G F              'Cause millions of peoples’ stomachs are not full. They
Am   G    C  G         haven't got enough food again.

C      F     G     C      "Famine Peril Returns to Sudan" "Why People Starve" another headline states.
F  G C G F              Right below I see another CEO has
Am   G    C  G         embezzled and mis led and escaped.

Am  G              I look through their eyes as the stench and the flies
Am  G              circle all around where the body lies.
Am  G              I feel hunger pangs gnaw deep within.
Am  G              I wanna do something, but where to begin?
Am  G              And I wonder as read the headline news
Am  G  C  G    how would I survive starvation blues.

C      F     G     C      I need to eat food everyday. Otherwise I get quite cranky.
F  G C G F              Sometimes I eat way more than I need to.
Am   G    C  G         But I always try to clean my plate. Do you?

C      F     G     C      Guilt is not the worst emotion 'cause it can make you think of what you do and
F  G C G F              I can't think of much worse than wasting what
Am   G    C  G         would keep alive someone else. Can you?

Am  G              We all are like the fallen CEO.
Am  G              Greedy at times, I'm sure you know
Am  G              ust exactly what I'm getting at.
Am  G              It's only natural to want to get fat.
Am  G              Goin' hungry's something few would choose.
Am  G  C  G    We all want to avoid starvation blues.

C      F     G     C      Singing this song has made me hungry and not just for food for my belly.
F  G C G F              I want to feed the world, every boy and every girl.
Am   G    C  G         It's the bleeding heart in me.

C      F     G     C      It's a sad, sad day again, I must say it seems it's only getting worse.
F  G C G F              Now look at me with my fantasy
Am   G    C  G         that I could feed the world with my verse.

Am  G              But they would just look at me and wonder why
Am  G              I'm singing this song while their about to die.
Am  G              Couldn't I at least brought a candy bar,
Am  G              they would think about this bleeding heart.
Am  G              And I wonder as I see them loose
Am  G  C  G    how would I survive starvation blues.

C  G  Am  G    Starvation blues.

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