Standard (EADGBE)

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!