Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 17:21:14 +0100 (BST)
From: R P Kent
Words and Music by Paul Simon
Tabbed and transcribed by Rich Kent *
All strings down half a tone to match the recording.
Verse 1
D(sort of)
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He was a
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most peculiar man
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That s what Mrs Reirdon said and she should know she lived up
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stairs from him she said he was a most peculiar man
Verse 2
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He was a
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most peculiar man
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He lived all alone within a house within a room
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within himself a most peculiar man
Verse 3 is the same as verse 2...
He had no friends he seldom spoke,
And no one in turn ever spoke to him,
Cause he wasn t friendly and he didn t care
And he wasn t like them.
Oh, no! he was a most peculiar man
Verse 4
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He died last
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Saturday
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He turned on the gas with the windows closed so he d never wake up
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To his silent world and his tiny room and Mrs Reirdon says he has a
brother somewhere
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Who should be notified soon and
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all the people said What a shame that he s dead but wasn t he a
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most peculiar man Fade Out.....
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