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What So The Simple Folk Do

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Richard St. John Harris (October 1, 1930 – October 25, 2002) was an Irish actor, singer and songwriter. He appeared in Camelot (1967), A Man Called Horse (1970) and, at the end of his career, the first two Harry Potter movies. He was a notorious playboy and drinker, part of a rowdy generation of talented Irish and British actors that included Albert Finney, Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole. As a singer, Harris is best remembered for his recording of Jimmy Webb's song "MacArthur Park"

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Verse 1

F C F
What do the simple folk do
F F7 Bb
To help them escape when they're blue
Gm7 Am
The shepherd who is ailing
Dm C
The milkmaid who is glum
Gm7 Am
The cobbler who is wailing
Gm Dm6 C
From nailing his thumb

F C F
When they're beset and be-sieged
F F7 Bb
The folk not noblessely obliged
Dm Am
However do they manage
Gm7 F A Bbm6
To shed their weary l-o-t
F Am Cm Gm7 F C F
Oh, w-h-a-t do simple folk do
Gm7 F
We do not

Bb F7
I have been informed
Bb C7 F
By those who know them well
Bb Gm7 F F7 Bb F7 Bb
They find relief in quite a clever way
Dm A7
When they're sorely pressed
Dm A7
They whistle for a spell
F Dm7 Gm7 A Bbm6
And whistling seems to brighten up their day
F C Cdim7 Gm7 F C7 F
And t-h-a-t-'-s what simple folk do
Gm7 F Gm7
So they say

F
They whistle?
Gm7 F
So they say

Verse 2

G D G
What else do the simple folk do
G G7 C
To perk up the heart and get through
Am7 Bm
The wee folk and the grown folk
Em D
Who wander to and fro
Am7 Bm G7
Have ways known to their own folk
Am Em6 D
We throne folk don't know

G D G
When all the doldrums be-gin
G G7 C
What keeps each of them in his skin
Em Bm
What ancient native custom
Am7 B Cm6
Provides the needed glow
G Gaug Dm Am7 G D7 G
Oh, w - h-a-t do simple folk do
Am G
Do you know

C Am7 Dm7 G7
Once along a road
C D7 G
I came upon a lad
C Am7 G7 C G7 C
Singing in a voice three times his size
Em Am B7
When I asked him why
Em Em6 B7
He told me he was sad
G G7 Em7 Am7 B Cm6
And singing always made his spirits rise
G D Ddim7 Am7 G D7 G Am7
So t-h-a-t-'-s what simple folk do
G Am7
I surmise
G Am7
They sing?
G
I surmise

Bridge:
Bb F
Arise, my love! Arise, my love!
Bb C7 F
Apollo's lighting the skies, my love
Bb Eb Bb
The meadows shine with columbine
C F
And daffodils blossom away

Verse 3

G D G
What else do the simple folk do
G G7 C
They must have a system or two
Am7 Bm
They obviously outshine us
Em D
At turning tears to mirth
Am7 Bm G7
Have tricks a royal highness
Am Em6 D
Is minus from birth

G D G
What then I wonder do they
G G7 C
To chase all the goblins away
Em Bm
They have some tribal sorc'ry
Am7 B Cm6
You haven't mentioned yet
G Gaug Dm Am7 G D7 G
Oh, w - h-a-t do simple folk do
Am G
To forget

C Am7 Dm7 G7
Often I am told
C D7 G
They dance a fiery dance
C Am7 G7 C G7 C
And whirl 'til they're completely uncontrolled
Em Am B7
Soon the mind is blank
Em Em6 B7
And all are in a trance
G G7 Em7 Am7 B Cm6
A vi'lent trance astounding to behold
G D Ddim7 Am7 G D7 G Am7
And t-h-a-t-'-s what simple folk do
G Am7
So I'm told

Verse 4

G D G
What else do the simple folk do
G G7 F6 E
To help them escape when they're blue
Am7 Bm
They sit around and wonder
Am7 B7 Cm6
What royal folk would do
G D Ddim7 Am7 G D7 G Am7
And t-h-a-t-'-s what simple folk do
G Am7
Really?
G Am7 Cm6
I have it on the best authority
G D Ddim7 Am7 G D7 G Am7
Yes, t-h-a-t-'-s what simple folk do

Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe