{"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":524477,"song":"A Simple Desultory Philippic","artist":"Paul Simon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11566870-a-simple-desultory-philippic-chords-by-paul-simon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/524477?type=chord","rating":4.41815,"votes":4,"content":"A Simple Desultory Philippic \r\n(How I Was Lyndon Johnsoned Into Submission)\r\n\r\nWords & music bu Paul Simon 1965\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]        \r\nI was Union Jacked, Kerouac'd[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Eb[/ch]                   \r\nJohn Birched, stopped and searched[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nRolling Stoned and Beatled till I'm blind[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]             \r\n I've been Ayn Randed, nearly branded[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]              \r\nCommunist 'cos I'm lefthanded:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nThat's the hand they use, well, never mind![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]           \r\nI've been Walt Disneyed, Dis Disleyed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]              \r\nJohn Lennoned, Krishna Menoned[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nWalter Brennan punched out Cassius Clay[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]         \r\n I've heard the truth from Lenny Bruce[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Eb[/ch]            \r\nand all my wealth won't buy me health[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   \r\n So I smoke a pint of tea a day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n I knew a man his brain so small, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nHe couldn't think of nothin' at all.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch] \r\nHe's not the same as you and me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]         \r\nHe doesn't dig poetry. He's so unhip that[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]             \r\nWhen you say Dylan, he thinks you're talkin' about Dylan Thomas,[/tab]\r\n               \r\nWhoever he is.\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        \r\nThe man ain't got no culture,[/tab]\r\n                     \r\nBut its alright, Ma,\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]C[/ch]              \r\nIt's just sumpthin' I learned over in England.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]           \r\nI've been James Joyced, Rolls Royced[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]              \r\nMick Jaggered, silver daggered[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nAndy Warhol won't you please come home?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]              \r\nI've been mother, fathered, aunt and uncled[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Eb[/ch]         \r\nTom Wilsoned, Art Garfunkled[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           \r\nBarry Kornfeld's mother's on the phone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]         \r\nWhen in London, do as I do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Eb[/ch]             \r\nFind yourself a friendly haiku[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     \r\n Go to sleep for ten or fifteen years[/tab]","plain_text":"A Simple Desultory Philippic \n(How I Was Lyndon Johnsoned Into Submission)\n\nWords & music bu Paul Simon 1965\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n               \nWhoever he is.\n\n                     \nBut its alright, Ma,\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["A","G","Bb","C","Eb","A7","D","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]}}}