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For The Benefit Of Mankind
Neil Innes
Intro*: Am
Am Dm Dm/C Dm/B
Ever since I was knee-high to a bandy dragonfly
Dm/A E
I've been asking questions, "Why?"
Am
For the benefit of mankind
E Am
(For the benefit of mankind)
Am
I compared the monkey's tail
Dm Dm/C Dm/B
to the flipper of the whale
Dm/A E
and the Buddhist's fingernail
Am
For the benefit of mankind
E Am
(For the benefit of mankind)
Am
For the benefit of mankind
Dm
For the benefit of mankind
E
For the anthropological technicalogical benefit of
Am
mankind
Instr*: Am
Am
I've seen pandas on the wing
Dm Dm/C Dm/B
Heard the brontosaurus sing
Dm/A E
And I've measured balls of string
Am
For the benefit of mankind
E Am
(For the benefit of mankind)
Am
I've untangled tambourines
Dm Dm/C Dm/B
Disinfected aubergines
Dm/A E
Looped a loop in submarines
Am
For the benefit of mankind
E Am
(For the benefit of mankind)
Am
For the benefit of mankind
Dm
For the benefit of mankind
E
For the abracadabrical polysyllabical benefit of
Am
mankind
Instr: Am C G Am C G Am A
A E
For the purely statistical theosophistical
G D
characteristical man in the street
F C B7 E
My proper reality universality fundamentality cannot
be beat!
B7 E
(his fundamentality cannot be beat)
B7 E
My fundamentality cannot be beat!
B7 E
(his fundamentality cannot be beat!)
Am
For the benefit of mankind
Dm
For the benefit of mankind
E
For the simply omnivorous wholly vociferous benefit of
Am
mankind
Am
For the benefit of mankind
Dm
For the benefit of mankind
E
For the anthropological technicalogical
abracadabrical polysyllabical
Am
simply omnivorous holy vociferous! benefit of mankind
HEY!
NB:
For the sections with Dm and a bass note
(eg. Dm/C, which is Dm with a C bass), Dm can be
played without the bass note all the way through.
"*" = impressive Andy Roberts guitar solo!
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