#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] (John Kean) A Simple Desultory Philippic - Simon and Garfunkel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subtitled "Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission". From "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme". Transcribed by John Kean ([email protected]). Drop D tuning (DADGBE). No capo. 4/4 time. INTRO RIFF: D , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . ||-----------------|-----------------|----10-----------|-10---------------|| ||-----------------|-----------------|-----7-----------|--7---------------|| ||-----------------|-----------------|-----7-strum-----|--7-strum---------|| ||-0---0-----------|-----------------|-----7-----------|--7---------------|| ||---------3---3---|-0---0-----------|-----------------|------------------|| ||-----------------|---------3h5-3---|-0---------------|------------------|| INTRO: (Intro riff x2) VERSE 1: D (intro riff) I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored. D (intro riff) I been John O'Hara'd, McNamara'd. G F G A I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled 'til I'm blind. D I been Ayn Randed, nearly branded G Communist, 'cause I'm left-handed. A D (bar7) That's the hand I use, well, never mind! VERSE 2: (as before) I been Phil Spectored, resurrected. I been Lou Adlered, Barry Sadlered. Well, I paid all the dues I want to pay. And I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce, And all my wealth won't buy me health, So I smoke a pint of tea a day. INTERLUDE: D G I knew a man, his brain was so small, A He couldn't think of nothing at all. D He's not the same as you and me. G He doesn't dig poetry. A He's so unhip that when you say Dylan, D He thinks you're talking about Dylan Thomas, G Whoever he was. A The man ain't got no culture, But it's alright, Ma, everybody must get stoned. VERSE 3: (as before) I been Mick Jaggered, silver daggered. Andy Warhol, won't you please come home? I been mothered, fathered, aunt and uncled, Been Roy Haleed and Art Garfunkeled. I just discovered somebody's tapped my phone. ENDING: (repeat intro riff to fade) CHORDS: D : 057775 D (bar7) : 00777(10) G : 5x5433 F : 3x3211 A : 7x7655 \\\\ John Kean OO | ~~~~~~~~~ < ) ([email protected]) \/ | `-
