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For The Benefit Of Mankind

Neil Innes

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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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