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Melanie Safka - I Don’t Eat Animals Chords

Chord reference G, C, D, D7
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[G]I was just thinking about the way it’s supposed to be, [C]I’ll eat the [G]plants and the [D]fruit from the trees. [G]And I’ll live on vegetables and I’ll grow on seeds, but [C]I don’t eat [G]animals and [D]they don’t eat [G]me, oh no, [C]I don’t eat [D]animals ’cause I [G]love them, you see, [C]I don’t eat [D]animals, I want [G]nothing dead in [D]me.

[D7] [D] [D7]

[G]I don’t eat white flour, white sugar makes you rot, oh, [C]white could be beautiful but [G]mostly it’s [D]not. A [G]little bit of whole meal, some raisins and cheese, but [C]I don’t eat [G]animals and [D]they don’t eat [G]me. Oh no, [C]I don’t eat [D]animals ’cause I [G]love them, you see, [C]I don’t eat [D]animals, I want [G]nothing dead in [D]me.

[D7] [D] [D7]

A [G]little bit of whole meal, some raisins and cheese, [C]I’ll eat the [G]plants and the [D]fruit from the trees, And [G]I’ll live on vegetables and I’ll grow on seeds, but [C]I won’t eat [G]animals and [D]they won’t eat [G]me, oh no, [C]I’ll live on [G]life, I want [D]nothing dead in [G]me, you know, I’ll [C]become [G]life and my [D]life will become [G]me, you know, I’ll [C]live on [G]life and my [D]life will live on [G]me.

Artist Melanie Safka
Album Leftover Wine
Genres Pop
Year 1970
Key G

How to Play I Don't Eat Animals on Guitar?

Melanie Safka - I Don't Eat Animals can be played in the key of G using the G, C, D, D7 chords.

  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play I Don't Eat Animals with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.