A Simple Desultory Philippic

Simon & Garfunkel

Tom: D

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   D

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(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)