A Simple Desultory Philippic

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by Paul Simon
Subtitled "Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission".
From "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme".
Transcribed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).

Drop D tuning (DADGBE).
No capo.
4/4 time.

INTRO RIFF:
D
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
||-----------------|-----------------|----10-----------|-10---------------||
||-----------------|-----------------|-----7-----------|--7---------------||
||-----------------|-----------------|-----7-strum-----|--7-strum---------||
||-0---0-----------|-----------------|-----7-----------|--7---------------||
||---------3---3---|-0---0-----------|-----------------|------------------||
||-----------------|---------3h5-3---|-0---------------|------------------||

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)

CHORDS:
D : 057775
D (bar7) : 00777(10)
G : 5x5433
F : 3x3211
A : 7x7655

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