Chords for Lucy Kaplansky - Song About Pi
Tempo:
75.5 bpm
Chords used:
C#
F
B
A#
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
This is a song that my dad wrote.
And my dad's gone now.
He's been gone almost three years.
He was 89 when he died, and he really had a great [D#] life.
And he was absolutely healthy for 88 years.
So it doesn't get a lot better than that.
He lives on for me in so many ways.
I mean, first and foremost, every day I see more of him in me.
I mean, you know, a lot of good and a lot of bad.
That's [F] another conversation.
But he also lives on for me in these songs that he wrote.
He wrote songs [C#] for fun.
You know what?
I think it's a cable.
I'm not going to touch this thing.
He wrote songs for fun, but he was [A#] a mathematician.
No mathematicians here, are there?
Really?
What kind of math?
The Googles are?
You work at Google?
Wait, is Google in here?
All right, well, we'll talk.
But my dad was an algebraist.
Are you an algebraist?
Statistician.
That's [F] close.
Okay, perfect.
So he was a mathematician, but he was also a very talented pianist.
And he really could have been a pianist.
He actually was, he played in bands throughout graduate school.
He really could have been a pianist if he wanted to be, but he loved math [D#] more.
So he wrote songs for fun starting when he was around 20.
And every song of his I've ever heard, I think I've heard them all, is totally wacky.
But the wackiest are the math songs.
[Am] What a surprise.
So this is a song about pi.
As in P-I, the number, which is 3 .1415926535897.
It goes on forever.
And [C#] to come up with the melody, he took those numbers that I just said and played that sequence on the piano.
So this is the melody.
You love it?
[N] I love you guys.
Okay, here's the melody.
31415926535897.
Which is just a horrible, horrible melody.
And he took that and made it into a kind of like 40s Gershwin-esque swing tune.
[F]
And I'm going to sing [A#] it for you.
This is by my dad, Irving Kaplansky.
A song about pi dedicated to our statistician.
[C#] Through all the bygone ages, philosophers [F#m] and sages [B] have meditated on the [F#m] circle's mysteries.
[Cm] From Euclid to Pythagoras, from [G] Gauss to Anaxagoras,
[F]
their thoughts have filled the libraries, bulging histories.
And yet, there was elation throughout the whole [F#] Greek nation
[B]
when Archimedes [N] did his mighty computation.
He said,
[A]
314109, here's a song to sing about pi.
[C#] Not a sigma or mu, but a well-known Greek letter too.
You can have your [A] alphas and your greats, bimegs, and [F#] omegas for a friend.
[E] But that's just [C#] what a circle does, and never a beginning or an end.
[A]
[C#] 314159 is a ratio we don't define.
2 pi [E] times radii gives circumference you [A#] can rely.
If you square the [B] radius times the pi, you [C#] will get the circle's space.
[C] Here's my song [Am] about pi.
Fit [B] for a mathematician's [N] embrace.
A song about pi.
And my dad's gone now.
He's been gone almost three years.
He was 89 when he died, and he really had a great [D#] life.
And he was absolutely healthy for 88 years.
So it doesn't get a lot better than that.
He lives on for me in so many ways.
I mean, first and foremost, every day I see more of him in me.
I mean, you know, a lot of good and a lot of bad.
That's [F] another conversation.
But he also lives on for me in these songs that he wrote.
He wrote songs [C#] for fun.
You know what?
I think it's a cable.
I'm not going to touch this thing.
He wrote songs for fun, but he was [A#] a mathematician.
No mathematicians here, are there?
Really?
What kind of math?
The Googles are?
You work at Google?
Wait, is Google in here?
All right, well, we'll talk.
But my dad was an algebraist.
Are you an algebraist?
Statistician.
That's [F] close.
Okay, perfect.
So he was a mathematician, but he was also a very talented pianist.
And he really could have been a pianist.
He actually was, he played in bands throughout graduate school.
He really could have been a pianist if he wanted to be, but he loved math [D#] more.
So he wrote songs for fun starting when he was around 20.
And every song of his I've ever heard, I think I've heard them all, is totally wacky.
But the wackiest are the math songs.
[Am] What a surprise.
So this is a song about pi.
As in P-I, the number, which is 3 .1415926535897.
It goes on forever.
And [C#] to come up with the melody, he took those numbers that I just said and played that sequence on the piano.
So this is the melody.
You love it?
[N] I love you guys.
Okay, here's the melody.
31415926535897.
Which is just a horrible, horrible melody.
And he took that and made it into a kind of like 40s Gershwin-esque swing tune.
[F]
And I'm going to sing [A#] it for you.
This is by my dad, Irving Kaplansky.
A song about pi dedicated to our statistician.
[C#] Through all the bygone ages, philosophers [F#m] and sages [B] have meditated on the [F#m] circle's mysteries.
[Cm] From Euclid to Pythagoras, from [G] Gauss to Anaxagoras,
[F]
their thoughts have filled the libraries, bulging histories.
And yet, there was elation throughout the whole [F#] Greek nation
[B]
when Archimedes [N] did his mighty computation.
He said,
[A]
314109, here's a song to sing about pi.
[C#] Not a sigma or mu, but a well-known Greek letter too.
You can have your [A] alphas and your greats, bimegs, and [F#] omegas for a friend.
[E] But that's just [C#] what a circle does, and never a beginning or an end.
[A]
[C#] 314159 is a ratio we don't define.
2 pi [E] times radii gives circumference you [A#] can rely.
If you square the [B] radius times the pi, you [C#] will get the circle's space.
[C] Here's my song [Am] about pi.
Fit [B] for a mathematician's [N] embrace.
A song about pi.
Key:
C#
F
B
A#
A
C#
F
B
This is a song that my dad wrote.
_ And my dad's gone now.
He's been gone almost three years.
He was 89 when he died, and he really had a great [D#] life.
And he was absolutely healthy for 88 years.
So it doesn't get a lot better than that. _
He lives on for me in so many ways.
I mean, first and foremost, every day I see more of him in me.
I mean, you know, a lot of good and a lot of bad.
That's [F] another conversation.
_ But he also lives on for me in these songs that he wrote.
He wrote songs [C#] for fun.
_ You know what?
I think it's a cable.
I'm not going to touch this thing.
He wrote songs for fun, but he was [A#] a mathematician.
_ No mathematicians here, are there?
_ Really?
What kind of math?
_ _ The Googles are?
You work at Google?
Wait, is Google in here? _ _ _
All right, well, we'll talk.
But my dad was an algebraist.
Are you an algebraist?
Statistician.
That's [F] close.
Okay, perfect.
_ _ So he was a mathematician, but he was also a very talented pianist.
And he really could have been a pianist.
He actually was, he played in bands throughout graduate school.
He really could have been a pianist if he wanted to be, but he loved math [D#] more.
So he wrote songs for fun starting when he was around 20.
And every song of his I've ever heard, I think I've heard them all, is totally wacky.
But the wackiest are the math songs.
[Am] What a surprise.
So this is a song about pi.
As in P-I, the number, which is 3 _ .1415926535897.
It goes on forever.
And [C#] to come up with the melody, he took those numbers that I just said and played that sequence on the piano.
So this is the melody. _ _
You love it?
_ [N] _ _ _ I love you guys.
Okay, here's the melody. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
31415926535897.
Which is just a horrible, horrible melody.
And he took that and made it into a kind of like 40s Gershwin-esque swing tune.
[F]
And I'm going to sing [A#] it for you.
This is by my dad, Irving Kaplansky.
A song about pi dedicated to our statistician. _ _ _ _ _
[C#] Through all the bygone ages, philosophers [F#m] and sages [B] have meditated on the [F#m] circle's mysteries.
[Cm] _ From Euclid to Pythagoras, from [G] Gauss to Anaxagoras,
_ [F]
their thoughts have filled the libraries, bulging histories.
And yet, there was elation throughout the whole [F#] Greek nation
[B]
when Archimedes [N] did his mighty _ computation. _
_ He said,
_ _ _ _ [A]
314109, here's a song to sing about pi.
[C#] Not a sigma or mu, but a well-known Greek letter too.
You can have your [A] alphas and your greats, bimegs, and [F#] omegas for a friend.
[E] But that's just [C#] what a circle does, and never a beginning or an end.
[A] _
_ _ [C#] 314159 is a ratio we don't define.
2 pi [E] times radii gives circumference you [A#] can rely.
If you square the [B] radius times the pi, you [C#] will get the circle's space.
[C] Here's my song [Am] about pi.
Fit [B] for a _ mathematician's [N] embrace. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
A song about pi. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And my dad's gone now.
He's been gone almost three years.
He was 89 when he died, and he really had a great [D#] life.
And he was absolutely healthy for 88 years.
So it doesn't get a lot better than that. _
He lives on for me in so many ways.
I mean, first and foremost, every day I see more of him in me.
I mean, you know, a lot of good and a lot of bad.
That's [F] another conversation.
_ But he also lives on for me in these songs that he wrote.
He wrote songs [C#] for fun.
_ You know what?
I think it's a cable.
I'm not going to touch this thing.
He wrote songs for fun, but he was [A#] a mathematician.
_ No mathematicians here, are there?
_ Really?
What kind of math?
_ _ The Googles are?
You work at Google?
Wait, is Google in here? _ _ _
All right, well, we'll talk.
But my dad was an algebraist.
Are you an algebraist?
Statistician.
That's [F] close.
Okay, perfect.
_ _ So he was a mathematician, but he was also a very talented pianist.
And he really could have been a pianist.
He actually was, he played in bands throughout graduate school.
He really could have been a pianist if he wanted to be, but he loved math [D#] more.
So he wrote songs for fun starting when he was around 20.
And every song of his I've ever heard, I think I've heard them all, is totally wacky.
But the wackiest are the math songs.
[Am] What a surprise.
So this is a song about pi.
As in P-I, the number, which is 3 _ .1415926535897.
It goes on forever.
And [C#] to come up with the melody, he took those numbers that I just said and played that sequence on the piano.
So this is the melody. _ _
You love it?
_ [N] _ _ _ I love you guys.
Okay, here's the melody. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
31415926535897.
Which is just a horrible, horrible melody.
And he took that and made it into a kind of like 40s Gershwin-esque swing tune.
[F]
And I'm going to sing [A#] it for you.
This is by my dad, Irving Kaplansky.
A song about pi dedicated to our statistician. _ _ _ _ _
[C#] Through all the bygone ages, philosophers [F#m] and sages [B] have meditated on the [F#m] circle's mysteries.
[Cm] _ From Euclid to Pythagoras, from [G] Gauss to Anaxagoras,
_ [F]
their thoughts have filled the libraries, bulging histories.
And yet, there was elation throughout the whole [F#] Greek nation
[B]
when Archimedes [N] did his mighty _ computation. _
_ He said,
_ _ _ _ [A]
314109, here's a song to sing about pi.
[C#] Not a sigma or mu, but a well-known Greek letter too.
You can have your [A] alphas and your greats, bimegs, and [F#] omegas for a friend.
[E] But that's just [C#] what a circle does, and never a beginning or an end.
[A] _
_ _ [C#] 314159 is a ratio we don't define.
2 pi [E] times radii gives circumference you [A#] can rely.
If you square the [B] radius times the pi, you [C#] will get the circle's space.
[C] Here's my song [Am] about pi.
Fit [B] for a _ mathematician's [N] embrace. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
A song about pi. _ _ _ _ _ _