...THE MEANING OF LIFE... by Monty Python
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*from 'Monty Python Sings' (1989)*


Intro:

D7 (xx0212@1)Verse 1:

           G (320003@1)                     Gmaj7Why (xx5432@1)are we here? What's life all a-bout?
              G7 (320001@1)                   CIs (x32010@1)God really real? Or is there some doubt?
         Cm (x3101x@1)                  G7 (320001@1) F#7F7  E7Well, (020130@1)to-night, we're going to sort it  all out;
       A7 (x02020@1)             D7 (xx0212@1)       G(n.C) (320003@1)For to-night, it's 'The Meaning of Life'.

Verse 2:

           G (320003@1)                Gmaj7What's (xx5432@1)the point, of all this hoax?
          G7 (320001@1)                                  CIs (x32010@1)it the chicken and the egg time? Are we just yolks?
        Cm (x3101x@1)                    G7 (320001@1)  F#7F7  E7Or, (020130@1)per-haps, we're just one of God's lit-tle jokes;
      A7 (x02020@1)          D7 (xx0212@1)       G (320003@1)(n.C)
Well, ?a c'est; le 'Meaning of Life'.

Chorus 1:

   C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)         G7Is (320001@1)life just a game, where me make up the rules,
            D7 (xx0212@1)                       G (320003@1)  G/F# (320002@1)Em (022000@1)G/BWhile (143121@7)we're searching for something to say?
   C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)        E7 (020130@1)           A7Or (x02020@1)are we just simply spiralling coils, of self-replicating DNA?
D7 (xx0212@1)                            D+
 (Nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay).

Verse 3:

         G (320003@1)                Gmaj7In (xx5432@1)this 'life'; what is our fate?
         G7 (320001@1)                   CIs (x32010@1)there Heaven and Hell? Do we reincarnate?
             Cm (x3101x@1)        G7F#7 F7 (131241@1)E7Is (020130@1)mankind e-volving, or is it  too late?
        A7 (x02020@1)               D7 (xx0212@1)       G(n.C) (320003@1)Well, tonight; here's 'The Meaning of Life'.

Chorus 2:

    C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)         G7For (320001@1)millions, this 'life' is a sad vale of tears;
         D7 (xx0212@1)                   G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1)Em (022000@1)G/BSitting (143121@7)'round, with nothing to say.
          CWhile (x32010@1)the scientists say;
                  G (320003@1)        E7 (020130@1)           A7We're (x02020@1)just simply spiralling coils, of self-replicating DNA.
D7 (xx0212@1)                            D+
 (Nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay).

Verse 4:

         G (320003@1)             Gmaj7So, (xx5432@1)just why? Why are we here?
         G7 (320001@1)                         CAnd (x32010@1)just what, what, what, what do we fear?
         Cm (x3101x@1)                        G7 (320001@1)F#7F7   E7Well, (020130@1)ce soir, for a change; it will all be  made clear;
    A7 (x02020@1)          D7 (xx0212@1)       GFor (320003@1)this, is 'The Meaning of Life'.
E7 (020130@1)C'est le sens, de la vie,
A7 (x02020@1)          D7 (xx0212@1)       G (320003@1)This is 'The Meaning of Life'.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   D7 (xx0212@1)    G (320003@1)    Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)  G7 (320001@1)    C (x32010@1)     Cm (x3101x@1)    F#7 (242352@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0212  320003  3x443x  323000  x32010  x35543  242322

   F7 (131241@1)    E7 (020130@1)    A7 (x02020@1)   G/F# (320002@1)   Em (022000@1)    G/B (143121@7)   D+

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 131211  020100  x02223  2x0033  022000  x20033  xx0332


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)