Capo 2nd fret
Standard (EADGBE)
When a ship is sinking and they lower the lifeboats
And hand out the lifejackets, the men keep on their coats
The women and the children are the ones who must go first
And the men who try to save their skins are cowards and are cursed
Chorus
Every man's a captain, men know how to drown
Man the lifeboats if there's room, otherwise go down
And it's the same when there's a war on; it's the men who go to fight
Women and children are civilians, when they're killed it's not right
Men kill men in uniform; it's the way war goes
When they run they're cowards, when they stay they are heroes
Chorus
Every man's a general, men go off to war
The battlefield's a man's world; cannon fodder's what they're for
It's the men who have the power; it's the men who have the might
And the world's a place of horror; because each man think he's right
A man's home is his castle, so the family let him in
But what's important in that kingdom, is the women and children
Chorus
A husband and a father, every man's a king
But he's really just a drone, gathers no honey has no sting
Chorus
Have pity on the general, the king and the captain
They know they're expendable, after all they're men