Chords for Simon & Garfunkel - A Most Peculiar Man (Live Canadian TV, 1966)
Tempo:
111 bpm
Chords used:
C#
G#
F#
D#m
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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He was a most peculiar man.
[C#]
[D#m] That's what Mrs.
Reardon said she should know.
[G#] [C#] She lived upstairs from him.
[F#] She said he [G#] was a most peculiar [C#] man.
He was a most peculiar man.
[D#m] He lived all alone within a house, within a room,
[G#] [C#] within himself,
[F#] [G#] a most peculiar [C#]
man.
He had no friends, he seldom spoke,
[D#m] and no one in turn ever spoke to him,
cause he wasn't friendly and he didn't care.
[G#] And he wasn't [C#] like them, [F#] oh no,
he was [G#] a most peculiar [C#]
man.
He died last Saturday.
[D#m] He turned on the gas and he went to sleep with the windows closed
so he'd never wake up to his silent world and his tiny room.
And Mrs.
Reardon says he has a brother somewhere
[G#] who should be notified [C#] soon.
[F#] And all the people [G#m] said, what [C#] a shame that he's dead.
[A#m] [F#] But wasn't he [G#] a most [C#] peculiar man?
[N]
[C#]
[D#m] That's what Mrs.
Reardon said she should know.
[G#] [C#] She lived upstairs from him.
[F#] She said he [G#] was a most peculiar [C#] man.
He was a most peculiar man.
[D#m] He lived all alone within a house, within a room,
[G#] [C#] within himself,
[F#] [G#] a most peculiar [C#]
man.
He had no friends, he seldom spoke,
[D#m] and no one in turn ever spoke to him,
cause he wasn't friendly and he didn't care.
[G#] And he wasn't [C#] like them, [F#] oh no,
he was [G#] a most peculiar [C#]
man.
He died last Saturday.
[D#m] He turned on the gas and he went to sleep with the windows closed
so he'd never wake up to his silent world and his tiny room.
And Mrs.
Reardon says he has a brother somewhere
[G#] who should be notified [C#] soon.
[F#] And all the people [G#m] said, what [C#] a shame that he's dead.
[A#m] [F#] But wasn't he [G#] a most [C#] peculiar man?
[N]
Key:
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G#
F#
D#m
G#m
C#
G#
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ He was a _ _ most peculiar man.
[C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ That's what Mrs.
Reardon said she should know.
[G#] _ [C#] She lived upstairs _ from him.
_ [F#] She said he [G#] was a most peculiar [C#] man. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ He was a _ _ most peculiar man.
_ _ _ _ _ [D#m] He lived all alone within a house, within a room,
[G#] _ [C#] within _ himself, _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] a most peculiar [C#]
man. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
He had no friends, _ _ he seldom spoke, _ _ _ _
[D#m] and no one in turn ever spoke to him,
cause he wasn't friendly and he didn't care.
[G#] And he wasn't [C#] like them, [F#] oh no,
he was [G#] a most peculiar [C#]
man. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ He died last _ _ _ _ Saturday. _ _ _ _
[D#m] He turned on the gas and he went to sleep with the windows closed
so he'd never wake up to his silent world and his tiny room.
And Mrs.
Reardon says he has a brother somewhere
[G#] who should be notified [C#] soon. _ _ _ _
[F#] And all the people [G#m] said, what [C#] a shame that he's dead.
[A#m] _ [F#] But wasn't he [G#] a most [C#] peculiar man? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ He was a _ _ most peculiar man.
[C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ That's what Mrs.
Reardon said she should know.
[G#] _ [C#] She lived upstairs _ from him.
_ [F#] She said he [G#] was a most peculiar [C#] man. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ He was a _ _ most peculiar man.
_ _ _ _ _ [D#m] He lived all alone within a house, within a room,
[G#] _ [C#] within _ himself, _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] a most peculiar [C#]
man. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
He had no friends, _ _ he seldom spoke, _ _ _ _
[D#m] and no one in turn ever spoke to him,
cause he wasn't friendly and he didn't care.
[G#] And he wasn't [C#] like them, [F#] oh no,
he was [G#] a most peculiar [C#]
man. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ He died last _ _ _ _ Saturday. _ _ _ _
[D#m] He turned on the gas and he went to sleep with the windows closed
so he'd never wake up to his silent world and his tiny room.
And Mrs.
Reardon says he has a brother somewhere
[G#] who should be notified [C#] soon. _ _ _ _
[F#] And all the people [G#m] said, what [C#] a shame that he's dead.
[A#m] _ [F#] But wasn't he [G#] a most [C#] peculiar man? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _