Kate Rusby – Philosophers Poets And Kings (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Chords

[Verse 1]
  G
Diogenes surly and proud

                   Am       D
He snarled at the tearaway youth

    G                  C
He delighted in wine, wine that was good

     G               D              G
Oh, because in good wine there was truth
[Chorus]
 C            G D
Oh, for good wine

 C                        G  D
Oh, for the pleasure it brings

       G         Am     G
If it wasn't for wine, we couldn't sing

                  D         G
Of philosophers, poets and kings
[Verse 2]
   G
Democritus' wine was well stored

              Am           D
With wine he suffered no wrath

     G                      C
And when he was drunk, as drunk as a lord

     G             D          G
At those who were sober he'd laugh
[Chorus]
 C            G D
Oh, for good wine

 C                        G  D
Oh, for the pleasure it brings

       G         Am     G
If it wasn't for wine, we couldn't sing

                  D         G
Of philosophers, poets and kings
[Verse 3]
   G
Copernicus had wine in his veins

                   Am       D
Oh, it made his philosophy reel

      G                  C
Then fancied the world, just like his brains

        G             D       G
Turned round like a chariot wheel
[Chorus]
 C            G D
Oh, for good wine

 C                        G  D
Oh, for the pleasure it brings

       G         Am     G
If it wasn't for wine, we couldn't sing

                  D         G
Of philosophers, poets and kings
[Verse 4]
   G
Aristotle that master of arts

                Am            D
Had been but a dunce without wine

         G                  C
Oh, for what we ascribe, ascribe to his parts

     G          D            G
Was due to the juice of the vine
[Chorus]
 C            G D
Oh, for good wine

 C                        G  D
Oh, for the pleasure it brings

       G         Am     G
If it wasn't for wine, we couldn't sing

                  D         G
Of philosophers, poets and kings
[Verse 5]
      G
Old Plato was reckoned divine

               Am             D
Who wisely, to kindness was prone

    G                C
But had it not been down to good wine

     G          D           G
His merits had never been known
[Chorus]
 C            G D
Oh, for good wine

 C                        G  D
Oh, for the pleasure it brings

       G         Am     G
If it wasn't for wine, we couldn't sing

                  D         G
Of philosophers, poets and kings

 C            G D
Oh, for good wine

 C                        G  D
Oh, for the pleasure it brings

       G         Am     G
If it wasn't for wine, we couldn't sing

                  D         G
Of philosophers, poets and kings

                     D         G
Of philosophers and poets and kings