{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1838664,"song":"Lobachevsky","artist":"Tom Lehrer","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11406781-lobachevsky-chords-by-tom-lehrer/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1838664?type=chord","rating":4.68541,"votes":13,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\nN.C\r\nWho made me the genius I am today,\r\nThe mathematician that others all quote?\r\nWho's the professor that made me that way,\r\nThe greatest that ever got chalk on his coat?\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne man deserves the credit,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne man deserves the blame,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name. Oy![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nNicolai Ivanovich Lobache...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\nN.C\r\nI am never forget the day I first meet the great Lobachevsky.\r\nIn one word he told me secret of success in mathematics: Plagiarize!\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n   Plagiarise,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLet no one else's work evade your eyes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nRemember why the good Lord made your eyes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo don't shade your eyes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut plagiarise, plagiarise, plagiarise...[/tab]\r\nN.C\r\nOnly be sure always to call it please, \"research\".\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd ever since I meet this man my life is not the same,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name. Oy![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]E7[/ch]  \r\nNicolai Ivanovich Lobache...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\nN.C\r\nI am never forget the day I am given first original paper to write. It\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cdim[/ch]      [ch]Bdim[/ch]        [ch]Bbdim[/ch]     [ch]Adim[/ch]    [ch]Abdim[/ch]          [ch]Gdim[/ch]\r\nwas on Analytic and Algebraic Topology of Locally Euclidean Metrization[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#dim[/ch]            [ch]Fdim[/ch]        [ch]Edim[/ch]    [ch]Ebdim[/ch]\r\nof Infinitely Differentiable Riemannian Manifold.[/tab]\r\nN.C\r\nBozhe moi!\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nThis I know from nothing. What    I am going    to do?[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut I think of great Lobachevsky and I get idea - haha!\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI  have a friend in Minsk,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho has a friend in Pinsk,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWhose friend in Omsk has friend in Tomsk[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith friend in Akmolinsk.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nHis friend in Alexandrovsk[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHas friend in Petropavlovsk,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWhose friend somehow is solving now[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe problem in Dnepropetrovsk.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd when his work is done -[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHaha! - begins the fun.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom Dnepropetrovsk to Petropavlovsk,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBy way of Iliysk, And Novorossiysk,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo Alexandrovsk to Akmolinsk[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo Tomsk to Omsk[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo Pinsk to Minsk[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo me the news will run,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nYes, to me the news will run![/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd then I write by morning, night,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd afternoon, and pretty soon[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nMy name in Dnepropetrovsk is cursed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen he finds out I published first![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd who made me a big success[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd brought me wealth and fame?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name. Oy![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nNicolai Ivanovich Lobache...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\nN.C\r\nI am never forget the day my first book is published.\r\nEvery chapter I stole from somewhere else.\r\nIndex I copy from old Vladivostok telephone directory.\r\nThis book, this book was sensational!\r\nPravda - ah, Pravda - Pravda said:\r\n\"Jeel beel kara ogoday blyum blocha jeli,\" (\"It stinks\").\r\nBut Izvestia! Izvestia said:\r\n\"Jai, do gudoo sun sai pere shcum,\" (\"It stinks\").\r\nMetro-Goldwyn-Moskva bought the movie rights for six million rubles,\r\nChanging title to 'The Eternal Triangle',\r\nWith Ingrid Bergman playing part of hypotenuse.\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd who deserves the credit?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd who deserves the blame?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n             Oy![/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nAm   Dm   E7   Am\n\nN.C\nWho made me the genius I am today,\nThe mathematician that others all quote?\nWho's the professor that made me that way,\nThe greatest that ever got chalk on his coat?\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\nN.C\nI am never forget the day I first meet the great Lobachevsky.\nIn one word he told me secret of success in mathematics: Plagiarize!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C\nOnly be sure always to call it please, \"research\".\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\nN.C\nI am never forget the day I am given first original paper to write. It\n\n\nN.C\nBozhe moi!\n\n\nBut I think of great Lobachevsky and I get idea - haha!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\nN.C\nI am never forget the day my first book is published.\nEvery chapter I stole from somewhere else.\nIndex I copy from old Vladivostok telephone directory.\nThis book, this book was sensational!\nPravda - ah, Pravda - Pravda said:\n\"Jeel beel kara ogoday blyum blocha jeli,\" (\"It stinks\").\nBut Izvestia! Izvestia said:\n\"Jai, do gudoo sun sai pere shcum,\" (\"It stinks\").\nMetro-Goldwyn-Moskva bought the movie rights for six million rubles,\nChanging title to 'The Eternal Triangle',\nWith Ingrid Bergman playing part of hypotenuse.\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","Dm","E7","C","G","F","Cdim","Bdim","Bbdim","Adim","Abdim","Gdim","F#dim","Fdim","Edim","Ebdim","G7","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}