For The Benefit Of Mankind
Neil Innes
Intro*:
Ever since I was knee-high to a bandy dragonfly
/
I've been asking questions, "Why?"
For the benefit of mankind
(For the benefit of mankind)
I compared the monkey's tail
to the flipper of the whale
/
and the Buddhist's fingernail
For the benefit of mankind
(For the benefit of mankind)
For the benefit of mankind
For the benefit of mankind
For the anthropological technicalogical benefit of
mankind
Instr*:
I've seen pandas on the wing
Heard the brontosaurus sing
/
And I've measured balls of string
For the benefit of mankind
(For the benefit of mankind)
I've untangled tambourines
Disinfected aubergines
/
Looped a loop in submarines
For the benefit of mankind
(For the benefit of mankind)
For the benefit of mankind
For the benefit of mankind
For the abracadabrical polysyllabical benefit of
mankind
Instr:
For the purely statistical theosophistical
characteristical man in the street
My proper reality universality fundamentality cannot
be beat!
(his fundamentality cannot be beat)
My fundamentality cannot be beat!
(his fundamentality cannot be beat!)
For the benefit of mankind
For the benefit of mankind
For the simply omnivorous wholly vociferous benefit of
mankind
For the benefit of mankind
For the benefit of mankind
For the anthropological technicalogical
abracadabrical polysyllabical
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!