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Little Precy of Bertrand Russell's History of Western Philosophy in four verses.
Don't try this at home.
[E] And it goes like this.
[G] [D]
[Am] [G] [D]
[E] [G] Many years ago, [D]
he looked [Am] out through a glassless [Em] window.
All that he could [G] see was [D] Babylon.
[Am] Beautiful [G] green fields and dreams.
[Am] And learned to measure [Em] the stars.
But there [G] was a worry [D] in [E] his heart.
[Am] He said,
[A] How could it come [Am] to this?
I'm really worried about living.
How did it come to this?
Yeah, I really want to [C] know about [G] this.
[C] Is [G] it like today?
[D] Oh, [Am] whoa.
Then [G] there came a day.
[D] It moved [Am] across the [Em] Mediterranean.
Came [G] to Western Isles.
[D] And the Greek [E] young men, [Am] with [G] their silver beards,
[D] they laughed [Am] at the unknown [Em] of the universe.
They [G] could just sit [D] and guess [E] God's name.
[Am] They said,
How could it come to this?
We're really worried about living.
How did it come to this?
Yeah, we really want to [C] know about [G] this.
[C] Is [G] it like today?
[D] Oh, [Am] whoa.
Then [G] there followed [D] days of kings, [Am] empires, and [Em] revolution.
The [G] blood just looks the same [D] when you open the [Am] veins, yeah.
And [G] sometimes it was faith, [D] power, [Am] or reason [Em] as the cornerstone.
[G] But the thoroughbred [D] has never [E] left his face.
[Am] He said,
How could it come to this?
We've been living in a landslide.
How did it come to this?
Yeah, we really want to [C] know about this.
[G] Is it like today?
[D] Oh, [Am] whoa.
[G] Then there came a day.
A [D] man [Am] backed up, flew [Em] up from the planet.
He went [G] to the moon.
[D] To [Am] the moon.
And [G] now he's out in space.
[D] Hey, [Am] fixing [Em] all the problems.
[G] He comes face to face [D] with [Am] God, who says,
How could it come to this?
I'm really worried about my creation.
How did it come to this?
You're really killing [C] me, you know.
Really killing me.
[G] Is it like today?
[D] Oh, [Am] whoa.
It [G] isn't just today.
[D] Hey, [Am] uh-oh.
Is it like today?
Oh, [G] bang.
[D] [Am] Ah.
[Em] [G] [D] [A] Ooh.
[G] Many years ago, [D] he [Am] looked out through [Em] a glassless window.
[G] Didn't understand [D] much what he saw.
[Em] [Am] [Em]
[Am] [E]
[Em]
Very nice.
Thank you very much.
You're listening to live music, World Party,
performing tomorrow night at the Triple Door.
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Little Precy of Bertrand Russell's History of Western Philosophy in four verses.
Don't try this at home.
[E] And it goes like this.
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [G] Many years ago, [D]
he looked [Am] out through a glassless [Em] window.
All that he could [G] see was [D] Babylon.
[Am] _ _ Beautiful [G] green fields and dreams.
[Am] And learned to measure [Em] the stars.
But there [G] was a worry [D] in [E] his heart.
_ [Am] He said,
[A] How could it come [Am] to this?
I'm really worried about living.
How did it come to this?
Yeah, I really want to [C] know about [G] this.
_ [C] _ _ Is [G] it like today?
[D] Oh, [Am] whoa.
_ Then [G] there came a day.
[D] It moved [Am] across the [Em] Mediterranean.
Came [G] to Western Isles.
[D] And the Greek [E] young men, [Am] with [G] their silver beards,
[D] they laughed [Am] at the unknown [Em] of the universe.
They [G] could just sit [D] and guess [E] God's name.
[Am] _ They said,
How could it come to this?
We're really worried about living.
How did it come to this?
Yeah, we really want to [C] know about [G] this.
_ [C] _ _ Is [G] it like today?
[D] Oh, [Am] whoa.
Then [G] there followed [D] days of kings, [Am] empires, and [Em] revolution.
The [G] blood just looks the same [D] when you open the [Am] veins, yeah.
_ And [G] sometimes it was faith, [D] power, [Am] or reason [Em] as the cornerstone.
[G] But the thoroughbred [D] has never [E] left his face.
[Am] _ He said,
How could it come to this?
We've been living in a landslide.
How did it come to this?
Yeah, we really want to [C] know about _ _ this.
_ _ [G] Is it like today?
[D] Oh, [Am] whoa.
_ _ [G] Then there came a day.
A [D] man [Am] backed up, flew [Em] up from the planet.
He went [G] to the moon.
[D] To [Am] the moon.
And [G] now he's out in space.
[D] Hey, [Am] fixing [Em] all the problems.
[G] He comes face to face [D] with [Am] God, _ who says, _
How could it come to this?
I'm really worried about my creation.
How did it come to this?
You're really killing [C] me, you know.
_ _ _ Really killing me.
[G] Is it like today?
[D] Oh, [Am] whoa.
_ It [G] isn't just today.
[D] Hey, [Am] uh-oh.
_ Is it like today?
Oh, [G] bang.
_ [D] _ [Am] Ah. _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] Ooh.
_ [G] Many years ago, [D] he [Am] looked out through [Em] a glassless window.
[G] Didn't understand [D] much what he saw.
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Very nice.
Thank you very much.
You're listening to live music, World Party,
performing tomorrow night at the Triple Door.

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