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[Intro]
Am   Dm   E7   Am
N.C
Who made me the genius I am today,
The mathematician that others all quote?
Who's the professor that made me that way,
The greatest that ever got chalk on his coat?
[Chorus]
E7One Amman desAmervGes the AmcreFdit,Am  G  
One Amman desAmervGes the AmblaFme,Am  G  
and AmNicoAmlai GIAmvanFovAmich GLobaE7chevsky is his Amname. Oy!
AmNicolai Ivanovich LobaE7che...
[Verse 1]
N.C
I am never forget the day I first meet the great Lobachevsky.
In one word he told me secret of success in mathematics: Plagiarize!
   E7  AmPlagiarise,
Let no one else's work eDmvade your eyes,
Remember why the good Lord E7made your eyes,
So don't Amshade your eyes,
But Dmplagiarise, E7plagiarise, Amplagiarise...
N.C
Only be sure always to call it please, "research".
[Chorus]
E7And Amever siAmnce GI meet AmthFis Amman Gmy Amlife is Amnot Gthe AmsamFe,Am  G  
And AmNicoAmlai GIAmvanFovAmich GLobaE7chevsky is his Amname. Oy!
AmNicolai Ivanovich LobaE7che...
[Verse 2]
N.C
I am never forget the day I am given first original paper to write. It
was on AnaCdimlytic and BdimAlgebraic ToBbdimpology of AdimLocally AbdimEuclidean MetriGdimzation
of F#dimInfinitely DifferFdimentiable RieEdimmannian EbdimManifold.
N.C
Bozhe moi!
This I know from nothing. What    DmI am going    E7to do?Am  
But I think of great Lobachevsky and I get idea - haha!
G7I  Chave a friend in G7Minsk,
Who G7has a friend in CPinsk,
Whose Cfriend in Omsk has G7friend in Tomsk
With G7friend in AkmoClinsk.
His Cfriend in AlexanG7drovsk
Has G7friend in PetropavClovsk,
Whose Cfriend somehow is G7solving now
The G7problem in DnepropetCrovsk.
And Cwhen his work is G7done -
HaG7ha! - begins the Cfun.
From G7Dnepropetrovsk to CPetropavlovsk,
By G7way of Iliysk, And CNovorossiysk,
To G7Alexandrovsk to ACkmolinsk
To G7Tomsk to Omsk
To G7Pinsk to Minsk
To D7me the news will G7run,
Yes, to D7me the news will G7run!
And G7then I write by morning, night,
And Cafternoon, and pretty soon
My G7name in Dnepropetrovsk is cursed,
When Che finds out I published first!
[Chorus]
E7And Amwho made Amme Ga Ambig FsucAmcesGs
And Ambrought me AmweaGlth and AmfamFe?Am  G  
AmNicoAmlai GIAmvanFovAmich GLobaE7chevsky is his Amname. Oy!
AmNicolai Ivanovich LobaE7che...
[Verse 3]
N.C
I am never forget the day my first book is published.
Every chapter I stole from somewhere else.
Index I copy from old Vladivostok telephone directory.
This book, this book was sensational!
Pravda - ah, Pravda - Pravda said:
"Jeel beel kara ogoday blyum blocha jeli," ("It stinks").
But Izvestia! Izvestia said:
"Jai, do gudoo sun sai pere shcum," ("It stinks").
Metro-Goldwyn-Moskva bought the movie rights for six million rubles,
Changing title to 'The Eternal Triangle',
With Ingrid Bergman playing part of hypotenuse.
[Chorus]
E7And Amwho deAmserGves the AmcreFdit?Am  G  
And Amwho deAmserGves the AmblaFme?Am  G  
AmNicoAmlai GIAmvanFovAmich GLobaE7chevsky is his Amname.
   Am     Dm     E7      AmOy!

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Lobachevsky

by Tom Lehrer

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Cdim

Bdim

Bbdim

Adim

Abdim

Gdim

F#dim

Fdim

Edim

Ebdim

[Intro]

Am Dm E7 Am

N.C

Who made me the genius I am today,

The mathematician that others all quote?

Who's the professor that made me that way,

The greatest that ever got chalk on his coat?

[Chorus]

E7 Am Am G Am F Am G

One man deserves the credit,

Am Am G Am F Am G

One man deserves the blame,

Am Am G Am F Am G E7 Am

and Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name. Oy!

Am E7

Nicolai Ivanovich Lobache...

[Verse 1]

N.C

I am never forget the day I first meet the great Lobachevsky.

In one word he told me secret of success in mathematics: Plagiarize!

E7 Am

Plagiarise,

Let no one else's work evade your eyes,

Remember why the good Lord made your eyes,

So don't shade your eyes,

Dm E7 Am

But plagiarise, plagiarise, plagiarise...

N.C

Only be sure always to call it please, "research".

[Chorus]

E7 Am Am G Am F Am G Am Am G Am F Am G

And ever since I meet this man my life is not the same,

Am Am G Am F Am G E7 Am

And Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name. Oy!

Am E7

Nicolai Ivanovich Lobache...

[Verse 2]

N.C

I am never forget the day I am given first original paper to write. It

Cdim Bdim Bbdim Adim Abdim Gdim

was on Analytic and Algebraic Topology of Locally Euclidean Metrization

F#dim Fdim Edim Ebdim

of Infinitely Differentiable Riemannian Manifold.

N.C

Bozhe moi!

Dm E7 Am

This I know from nothing. What I am going to do?

But I think of great Lobachevsky and I get idea - haha!

G7 C G7

I have a friend in Minsk,

G7 C

Who has a friend in Pinsk,

C G7

Whose friend in Omsk has friend in Tomsk

G7 C

With friend in Akmolinsk.

C G7

His friend in Alexandrovsk

G7 C

Has friend in Petropavlovsk,

C G7

Whose friend somehow is solving now

G7 C

The problem in Dnepropetrovsk.

C G7

And when his work is done -

G7 C

Haha! - begins the fun.

G7 C

From Dnepropetrovsk to Petropavlovsk,

G7 C

By way of Iliysk, And Novorossiysk,

G7 C

To Alexandrovsk to Akmolinsk

To Tomsk to Omsk

To Pinsk to Minsk

D7 G7

To me the news will run,

D7 G7

Yes, to me the news will run!

And then I write by morning, night,

And afternoon, and pretty soon

My name in Dnepropetrovsk is cursed,

When he finds out I published first!

[Chorus]

E7 Am Am G Am F Am G

And who made me a big success

Am Am G Am F Am G

And brought me wealth and fame?

Am Am G Am F Am G E7 Am

Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name. Oy!

Am E7

Nicolai Ivanovich Lobache...

[Verse 3]

N.C

I am never forget the day my first book is published.

Every chapter I stole from somewhere else.

Index I copy from old Vladivostok telephone directory.

This book, this book was sensational!

Pravda - ah, Pravda - Pravda said:

"Jeel beel kara ogoday blyum blocha jeli," ("It stinks").

But Izvestia! Izvestia said:

"Jai, do gudoo sun sai pere shcum," ("It stinks").

Metro-Goldwyn-Moskva bought the movie rights for six million rubles,

Changing title to 'The Eternal Triangle',

With Ingrid Bergman playing part of hypotenuse.

[Chorus]

E7 Am Am G Am F Am G

And who deserves the credit?

Am Am G Am F Am G

And who deserves the blame?

Am Am G Am F Am G E7 Am

Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name.

Am Dm E7 Am

Oy!

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