{"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":83933,"song":"A Simple Desultory Philippic","artist":"Simon & Garfunkel","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/83933-a-simple-desultory-philippic-chords-by-simon-garfunkel/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/83933?type=chord","rating":4.57953,"votes":10,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\nFrom: KEANJ@agresearch.cri.nz (John Kean)\r\n\r\n\r\nA Simple Desultory Philippic  - Simon and Garfunkel\r\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\nSubtitled \"Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission\".\r\nFrom \"Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme\".\r\nTranscribed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).\r\n\r\nDrop D tuning (DADGBE).\r\nNo capo.\r\n4/4 time.\r\n\r\nINTRO RIFF:\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .    , . , . , . , .[/tab]\r\n[tab]||-----------------|-----------------|----10-----------|-10---------------||\r\n||-----------------|-----------------|-----7-----------|--7---------------||\r\n||-----------------|-----------------|-----7-strum-----|--7-strum---------||\r\n||-0---0-----------|-----------------|-----7-----------|--7---------------||\r\n||---------3---3---|-0---0-----------|-----------------|------------------||\r\n||-----------------|---------3h5-3---|-0---------------|------------------||[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: (Intro riff x2)\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 1:\r\n       D (intro riff)\r\nI been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored.\r\n\r\n       D (intro riff)\r\nI been John O'Hara'd, McNamara'd.\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI been Rolling Stoned and Beatled 'til I'm blind.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI been Ayn Randed, nearly branded[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCommunist, 'cause I'm left-handed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch] (bar7)\r\nThat's the hand I use, well, never mind![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 2: (as before)\r\n I been Phil Spectored, resurrected.\r\n I been Lou Adlered, Barry Sadlered.\r\n Well, I paid all the dues I want to pay.\r\n And I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce,\r\n And all my wealth won't buy me health,\r\n So I smoke a pint of tea a day.\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE:\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     I knew a man, his brain was so small,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe couldn't think of nothing at all.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's not the same as you and me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe doesn't dig poetry.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe's so unhip that when you say Dylan,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe thinks you're talking about Dylan Thomas,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhoever he was.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe man ain't got no culture,[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBut it's alright, Ma, everybody must get stoned.\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 3: (as before)\r\n I been Mick Jaggered, silver daggered.\r\n Andy Warhol, won't you please come home?\r\n I been mothered, fathered, aunt and uncled,\r\n Been Roy Haleed and Art Garfunkeled.\r\n I just discovered somebody's tapped my phone.\r\n\r\n\r\nENDING: (repeat intro riff to fade)\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORDS:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] : 057775\r\nD (bar7) : 00777(10)[/tab]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] : 5x5433\r\n[ch]F[/ch] : 3x3211\r\n[ch]A[/ch] : 7x7655\r\n\r\n\r\n   \\\\\\\\   John Kean\r\n   OO |   ~~~~~~~~~\r\n   <  )   (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz)\r\n   \\/ |\r\n   `-","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\nFrom: KEANJ@agresearch.cri.nz (John Kean)\n\n\nA Simple Desultory Philippic  - Simon and Garfunkel\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\nSubtitled \"Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission\".\nFrom \"Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme\".\nTranscribed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).\n\nDrop D tuning (DADGBE).\nNo capo.\n4/4 time.\n\nINTRO RIFF:\n\n\n\n\nINTRO: (Intro riff x2)\n\n\nVERSE 1:\n       D (intro riff)\nI been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored.\n\n       D (intro riff)\nI been John O'Hara'd, McNamara'd.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 2: (as before)\n I been Phil Spectored, resurrected.\n I been Lou Adlered, Barry Sadlered.\n Well, I paid all the dues I want to pay.\n And I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce,\n And all my wealth won't buy me health,\n So I smoke a pint of tea a day.\n\n\nINTERLUDE:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut it's alright, Ma, everybody must get stoned.\n\n\nVERSE 3: (as before)\n I been Mick Jaggered, silver daggered.\n Andy Warhol, won't you please come home?\n I been mothered, fathered, aunt and uncled,\n Been Roy Haleed and Art Garfunkeled.\n I just discovered somebody's tapped my phone.\n\n\nENDING: (repeat intro riff to fade)\n\n\nCHORDS:\n\nG : 5x5433\nF : 3x3211\nA : 7x7655\n\n\n   \\\\\\\\   John Kean\n   OO |   ~~~~~~~~~\n   <  )   (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz)\n   \\/ |\n   `-","chords":["A","D","G","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}