A Simple Desultory Philippic

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  • 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
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A Simple Desultory Philippic
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
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