Biography:
Neil Innes (born Neil James Innes on 9 December 1944 in Danbury, Essex; died 29 December 2019) was an English writer and performer of comic songs, best known for his collaborative work with Monty Python, and for playing in The Bonzo Dog Band and later The Rutles.
Attending Goldsmiths College, London, where he studied Drama, Innes started a band with other students that was originally named The Bonzo Dog Dada Band (after the art movement Dada) which they renamed the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (later shortened to The Bonzo Dog Band).
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For The Benefit Of Mankind
Neil Innes
Intro*: Am
Am Dm Dm/C Dm/B
Ever since I was knee-high to a bandy dragonfly
Dm/A E
I've been asking questions, "Why?"
Am
For the benefit of mankind
E Am
(For the benefit of mankind)
Am
I compared the monkey's tail
Dm Dm/C Dm/B
to the flipper of the whale
Dm/A E
and the Buddhist's fingernail
Am
For the benefit of mankind
E Am
(For the benefit of mankind)
Am
For the benefit of mankind
Dm
For the benefit of mankind
E
For the anthropological technicalogical benefit of
Am
mankind
Instr*: Am
Am
I've seen pandas on the wing
Dm Dm/C Dm/B
Heard the brontosaurus sing
Dm/A E
And I've measured balls of string
Am
For the benefit of mankind
E Am
(For the benefit of mankind)
Am
I've untangled tambourines
Dm Dm/C Dm/B
Disinfected aubergines
Dm/A E
Looped a loop in submarines
Am
For the benefit of mankind
E Am
(For the benefit of mankind)
Am
For the benefit of mankind
Dm
For the benefit of mankind
E
For the abracadabrical polysyllabical benefit of
Am
mankind
Instr: Am C G Am C G Am A
A E
For the purely statistical theosophistical
G D
characteristical man in the street
F C B7 E
My proper reality universality fundamentality cannot
be beat!
B7 E
(his fundamentality cannot be beat)
B7 E
My fundamentality cannot be beat!
B7 E
(his fundamentality cannot be beat!)
Am
For the benefit of mankind
Dm
For the benefit of mankind
E
For the simply omnivorous wholly vociferous benefit of
Am
mankind
Am
For the benefit of mankind
Dm
For the benefit of mankind
E
For the anthropological technicalogical
abracadabrical polysyllabical
Am
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!
Neil Innes
Intro*: Am
Am Dm Dm/C Dm/B
Ever since I was knee-high to a bandy dragonfly
Dm/A E
I've been asking questions, "Why?"
Am
For the benefit of mankind
E Am
(For the benefit of mankind)
Am
I compared the monkey's tail
Dm Dm/C Dm/B
to the flipper of the whale
Dm/A E
and the Buddhist's fingernail
Am
For the benefit of mankind
E Am
(For the benefit of mankind)
Am
For the benefit of mankind
Dm
For the benefit of mankind
E
For the anthropological technicalogical benefit of
Am
mankind
Instr*: Am
Am
I've seen pandas on the wing
Dm Dm/C Dm/B
Heard the brontosaurus sing
Dm/A E
And I've measured balls of string
Am
For the benefit of mankind
E Am
(For the benefit of mankind)
Am
I've untangled tambourines
Dm Dm/C Dm/B
Disinfected aubergines
Dm/A E
Looped a loop in submarines
Am
For the benefit of mankind
E Am
(For the benefit of mankind)
Am
For the benefit of mankind
Dm
For the benefit of mankind
E
For the abracadabrical polysyllabical benefit of
Am
mankind
Instr: Am C G Am C G Am A
A E
For the purely statistical theosophistical
G D
characteristical man in the street
F C B7 E
My proper reality universality fundamentality cannot
be beat!
B7 E
(his fundamentality cannot be beat)
B7 E
My fundamentality cannot be beat!
B7 E
(his fundamentality cannot be beat!)
Am
For the benefit of mankind
Dm
For the benefit of mankind
E
For the simply omnivorous wholly vociferous benefit of
Am
mankind
Am
For the benefit of mankind
Dm
For the benefit of mankind
E
For the anthropological technicalogical
abracadabrical polysyllabical
Am
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!
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