Natalie Merchant – The Blind Men And The Elephant (Guitar)

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[Intro]
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Six men of Indostan

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To learning much inclined

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Went to see the Elephant

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(Though all of them were blind)

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That each by observation

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Might satisfy his mind

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Satisfy his mind, satisfy his mind

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Six men of Indostan, to learning much inclined
[Verse One] x F Well, the First approached the Elephant
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And happening to fall

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Against his broad and sturdy side

   C
At once began to bawl:

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"God bless me! but the Elephant

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Is very like a wall!"
[Verse Two]
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The Second, feeling of the tusk

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Cried, "Ho! what have we here

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So very round and smooth and sharp?

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To me tis mighty clear

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This wonder of an Elephant

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Is very like a spear!"
[Chorus]
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All of them were blind

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All of them were blind

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Six men of Indostan

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To learning much inclined
[Verse Three]
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The Third approached the animal

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And happening to take

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The squirming trunk within his hands

C
Thus boldly up he spake:

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"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant

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Is very like a snake!"
[Verse Four]
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Then the Fourth reached out an eager hand

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And felt about the knee

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"What most this wondrous beast is like

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Is mighty plain," quoth he;

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"Tis clear enough the Elephant

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Is very like a tree!"
G F Db F Cm F Cm Cm Fm [Verse Five]
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And the Fifth! who chanced to touch the ear

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Said: "E'en the blindest man

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Can tell what this resembles most;

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Deny the fact who can,

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This marvel of an Elephant

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Is very like a fan!"
[Verse Six]
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And the Sixth! no sooner had begun

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About the beast to grope (to grope!)

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Than, seizing on the swinging tail

C
That fell within his scope (scope!)

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"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant

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Is very like a rope!"
[Chorus]
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All of them were blind

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All of them were blind

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Six men of Indostan

C
Learning much inclined

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To learning much inclined
[Closing]
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And so these men of Indostan

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Disputed loud and long

C
Each in his opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong
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Each was partly in the right

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But all were in the wrong
[Moral]
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So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other mean,
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And prate about an Elephant

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Not one of them has seen!