A Simple Desultory Philippic Cifras

A Simple Desultory Philippic
(Or How I Was Lyndon Johnsoned Into Submission)
"The Paul Simon Songbook" Written and Performed by Paul Simon 1965
 
[Intro]
 
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[Verse 1]
      F#            A
I was Union Jacked, Kerouac'd
B/F#             C#/G#
John Birched, stopped and searched
F#                 B/F#             C#/G#
Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I'm blind
           F#           A
 I've been Ayn Randed, nearly branded
B/F#            C#/G#
Communist 'cos I'm lefthanded:
F#                   B/F#             F# A B A    F# A B A
That's the hand they use, well, never mind!
 
 
[Verse 2]
          F#             A
I've been Walt Disneyed, Dis Disleyed
B/F#           C#/G#
John Lennoned, Krishna Menoned
F#                         C#/G#
Walter Brennan punched out Cassius Clay
      F#                   A
 I've heard the truth from Lenny Bruce
    B/F#                C#/G#
and all my wealth won't buy me health
F#            B/F#            F# A B A    F# A B A
 So I smoke a pint of tea a day
 
 
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[Verse 3]
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 I knew a man his brain so small,
C#/G#
He couldn't think of nothin' at all.
F#                    B/F#
He's not the same as you and me.
   C#/G#                F#
He doesn't dig poetry. He's so unhip that
             B/F#                                  C#/G#
When you say Dylan, he thinks you're talkin' about Dylan Thomas,
            F#
Whoever he is.
 B/F#
     The man ain't got no culture,
C#/G#
    But its alright, Ma,
                            F#            B/F# A F#   B/F# A F#
It's just sumpthin' I learned over in England.
 
[Verse 4]
          F#            A
I've been James Joyced, Rolls Royced
B/F#          C#/G#
Mick Jaggered, silver daggered
F#                    C#/G#
Andy Warhol won't you please come home?
          F#                A
I've been mother, fathered, aunt and uncled
B/F#             C#/G#
Tom Wilsoned, Art Garfunkled
F#               C#/G#            F# A B A    F# A B A
Barry Kornfeld's mother's on the phone
F#              A
When in London, do as I do
B/F#             C#/G#
Find yourself a friendly haiku
F#               C#/G#            F# A B A    F# A B A
 Go to sleep for ten or fifteen years
 
 
 
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| h  Hammer-on
| r  Release
 
 
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