For The Benefit Of Mankind

Neil Innes

Intro*:  Am


Am (x02210@1)                            Dm (xx0231@1)  Dm/C (030231@1)Dm/BEver (000201@1)since I was knee-high to a bandy dragonfly

Dm/A      EI've (022100@1)been asking questions, "Why?"

                      AmFor (x02210@1)the benefit of mankind

         E (022100@1)           Am(For (x02210@1)the benefit of mankind)


AmI (x02210@1)compared the monkey's tail

       Dm (xx0231@1)    Dm/C (030231@1) Dm/Bto (000201@1)the flipper of the whale

Dm/A    Eand (022100@1)the Buddhist's fingernail

                      AmFor (x02210@1)the benefit of mankind

         E (022100@1)           Am(For (x02210@1)the benefit of mankind)


AmFor (x02210@1)the benefit of mankind

        DmFor (xx0231@1)the benefit of mankind

        EFor (022100@1)the anthropological technicalogical benefit of

   Ammankind (x02210@1)
Instr*: Am


AmI've (x02210@1)seen pandas on the wing

          Dm (xx0231@1)  Dm/C (030231@1) Dm/BHeard (000201@1)the brontosaurus sing

Dm/A     EAnd (022100@1)I've measured balls of string

                      AmFor (x02210@1)the benefit of mankind

         E (022100@1)           Am(For (x02210@1)the benefit of mankind)

AmI've (x02210@1)untangled tambourines

     Dm (xx0231@1)   Dm/C (030231@1)name="chord_000201@1">Dm/B
Disinfected aubergines

Dm/A     ELooped (022100@1)a loop in submarines

                      AmFor (x02210@1)the benefit of mankind

         E (022100@1)           Am(For (x02210@1)the benefit of mankind)


AmFor (x02210@1)the benefit of mankind

        DmFor (xx0231@1)the benefit of mankind

        EFor (022100@1)the abracadabrical polysyllabical benefit of

   Ammankind (x02210@1)
Instr:  Am (x02210@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)                        EFor (022100@1)the purely statistical theosophistical

G (320003@1)              Dcharacteristical (xx0232@1)man in the street

   F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)          B7 (x21202@1)           EMy (022100@1)proper reality universality fundamentality cannot

be beat!

     B7 (x21202@1)           E(his (022100@1)fundamentality cannot be beat)

   B7 (x21202@1)           EMy (022100@1)fundamentality cannot be beat!

     B7 (x21202@1)           E(his (022100@1)fundamentality cannot be beat!)

        AmFor (x02210@1)the benefit of mankind

        DmFor (xx0231@1)the benefit of mankind

        EFor (022100@1)the simply omnivorous wholly vociferous benefit of

   Ammankind (x02210@1)
AmFor (x02210@1)the benefit of mankind

        DmFor (xx0231@1)the benefit of mankind

        EFor (022100@1)the anthropological technicalogical


abracadabrical polysyllabical

                                                 Amsimply (x02210@1)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!