A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission) chords by Simon & Garfunkel
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Intro 1
(D major) (C major) (A minor) (A major) (D major) (C major) (A minor) (A major) (D major)
Verse 1
I been (D major) Norman
(C major) (A minor) Mailered, Max (A major) well (D major) Taylored
I been John (C major) (A minor) (D major)
O'Hara'd, McNamara'd
I been Rolling (G major) Stoned and
(D minor) Beatled 'til (G major) I'm blind (A major)
I been (D major) Ayn Randed, nearly branded (A major)
(D major) Communist,
(G major) 'cause I'm left-handed
That's That's (A major) the hand I use,
well, never mind
(D major)
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Verse 2
I been Phil (C major) (A minor) Spectored, resurrec (A major) ted (D major)
I been Lou (C major) (A minor) Adlered, Barry
(A major) (D major) Sadlered
Well, I (G major) paid all the dues I want to pay (A major)
(A minor) And (A major) I learned (D major) the truth
from Lenny Bruce
And (G major) all my wealth won't buy me health
(A major) So I smoke a pint of tea a day
Interlude 1
(D major)
Verse 3
I knew a man, (D major) his brain was so small (G major)
He couldn't think of nothing at (A major) all (A minor)
(A major) Not the same as you and (D major) me
He doesn't dig poetry (G major)
He's so unhip that when
you say (A major) Dylan (A minor)
He thinks you're talking about
(A major) Dylan (D major) Thomas
Whoever he was
(G major) The man (G minor) ain't got (G major) no (A major) culture (A minor)
But it's alright, ma,
everybody must get stone (D major) d (C major)
(A minor) (D major)
Verse 4
I been Mick (C major) Jaggered and
silver (A minor) (A major) daggered (A minor) (A major) (D major)
(G major) Andy Warhol, won't you
please come home? (A major) (A minor)
I been (D major) mother (D minor) , father,
(D major) aunt and uncled
Been Roy (G major) Haleed and Art Garfunkeled
I (A major) just discovered somebody's
tapped my phone
(D minor) (D major) (C major)
Verse 5
(A major) Folk rock (D major) (D major) (C major)
I've lost (A major) my harmonica, Albert
A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)
Simon & Garfunkel
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