DO YOU FEED YOUR BODY BUT STARVE YOUR SOUL

Words: Grandma
Music: Traditional English folk song adapted by Jepthah Piper

Capo: on 5th fret

(D)-(C)-(G)-(Am) [Twice]

(D)He was a (Am)man that (C)some (G)folks called (Am)great.
Said he'd (D)made good, had (C)grappled (G)with (Am)fate.
(D)Till he'd won (Am)fame and (C)some (G)riches (Am)too.
But in the (D)crowd there were (C)those (G)that (Am)knew,
The (C)soul of him so (Am)miserably small,
That (C)real greatness (D)he knew not at (E7sus4)all(E7).
For (D)all through (Am)life he'd (C)missed (G)the real (Am)goal.
He'd fed his (D)body but (C)starved (G)his (Am)soul.
(D)-(C)-(G)-(Am) [Four times]

(D)He had no (Am)time for the (C)lit(G)tle (Am)things,
That so much (D)peace and con(C)tent(G)ment (Am)brings
A (D)faithful (Am)friend, a (C)child's (G)tender (Am)look,
A promise (D)sweet from the (C)dear (G)old (Am)book,
A (C)little talk with the (Am)Friend Divine,
A little (C)walk where the (D)wild flowers (E7sus4)twine(E7);
Just (D)half a (Am)man, not well (C)round(G)ed, (Am)whole,
Who fed his (D)body but (C)starved (G)his (Am)soul.
(D)-(C)-(G)-(Am) [Four times]

(D)And when the (Am)day of ac(C)coun(G)ting (Am)came,
In God's own (D)time, and (C)death (G)called his (Am)name.
(D)Then the (Am)poor frail (C)worthless (G)empty (Am)shell
He'd groomed and (D)fed and (C)ten(G)ded so (Am)well,
Was (C)left behind just an (Am)earth bound clod
While his (C)shriveled soul (D)went to face his (E7sus4)God(E7).
All (D)unpre(Am)pared, and (C)paid (G)the full (Am)toll,
He'd fed his (D)body but (C)starved (G)his (Am)soul.
(D)-(C)-(G)-(Am) [Four times]

So (D)come my (Am)friend and we'll (C)walk (G)to(Am)day
Where the (D)biggest and (C)best (G)have full (Am)sway.
We'll (D)follow the (Am)trail that (C)high(G)er (Am)goes,
To visions (D)where the (C)soul (G)larger (Am)grows.
You'll (C)never hear them say (Am)of you then
"Just (C)one of the (D)common herd of (E7sus4)men
(E7)"You'd (D)find any(Am)where from (C)pole (G)to (Am)pole,
"Who fed his (D)body but (C)starved (G)his (Am)soul"(A).

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