Philosophers Poets And Kings

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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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