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A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission) Chords

Music by: Simon & Garfunkel
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[Intro 1]
[D][C][Am][A][D][C][Am][A][D]

[Verse 1]
I been [D]Norman
[C]Mai[Am]lered, Max we[A]ll [D]Taylored
I been [C]John[Am][D]
O'Hara'd, McNamara'd
I been [G]Rolling Stoned and
[Dm]Beat[G]led 'til I'm blind[A]
I [D]been Ayn Randed, nearly [A]branded
[D]Communist,
[G]'cause I'm left-handed
That's [A]That's the hand I use,
well, never mind
[D]

[Verse 2]
I been [C]Phil [Am]Spectored, resurrec[A]ted[D]
I been [C]Lou [Am]Adlered, Barry
[A]Sad[D]lered
Well, I [G]paid all the dues I want to [A]pay
[Am]And I le[A]arne[D]d the truth
from Lenny Bruce
And [G]all my wealth won't buy me health
[A]So I smoke a pint of tea a day

[Interlude 1]
[D]

[Verse 3]
I knew [D]a man, his brain was [G]so small
He couldn't think of nothing at [A]all[Am]
[A]Not the same as you and me[D]
He doesn't dig [G]poetry
He's so unhip that when
you say [A]Dylan[Am]
He thinks you're talking about
[A]Dylan [D]Thomas
Whoever he was
[G]The [Gm]man ain't got [G]no c[A]ulture[Am]
But it's alright, ma,
everybody must get [D]stone[C]d
[Am][D]

[Verse 4]
I been [C]Mick Jaggered and
[Am]silver [A]daggered[Am][A][D]
[G]Andy Warhol, won't you
please come [A]home?[Am]
I been [D]mother[Dm] , father,
[D]aunt and uncled
[G]Been Roy Haleed and Art Garfunkeled
I [A]just discovered somebody's
tapped my phone
[Dm][D][C]

[Verse 5]
[A]Folk [D]rock[D][C]
I've [A]lost my harmonica, Albert
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