I Met The Buddha At A Downtown Party chords by David Byrne

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

Am


Verse 1:
Am          E           C        D
  I met the Buddha at a downtown party
       Am             E           C        D
He was hanging by the pastries and the canapés
    Dm            A                  Dm     A
Just  stuffing himself like there was  no tomorrow
       Am       E         C        D
With a beatific smile all over his face
         C   Em           C         A
I said, "Dude, should you really be eating
F            G         C     G
 All of that unhealthy stuff?
    C  Em           Bb            F
And you, being so enlightened and all
         Dm                  G
Don't you  think you've had enough "

Verse 2:
       A             E                Bm          D
He said, "I had to retire from that enlightenment biz
A                 E            Bm      E
 I don't have the answers, and I never did
    Dm            A7            Fm             G
They  think I can help them, but  I'm not that smart
   C            A7            D7  G          C
So here, have a piece of this blue blueberry tart"


Instrumental:
C Em Bb A7
F G C G
C Em Bb F
Dm G


Verse 3:
        C   Em Bb       A7
You can have   all your sutras
F             G           C       G
 And all your mantras and prayers
C Em        Bb     F
Let's have another beverage
   Dm              G
By yonder tree out there


Refrain:
   Am         Em
Now  I don't exist
    Am         Em
And neither do you
         Dm              F#
So you're  damned if you don't
   Dm              F#
And  damned if you do
    Fm            G
Well, all of this suffering's
      Fm          G
Just a  temporary thing
     C           A7
Right here is nirvana
          Dm     G        C
Where the little crawdads sing


Instrumental:
C Em Bb A7
F G C G
C Em Bb F
Dm G


Refrain:
   Am         Em
Now  I don't exist
    Am         Em
And neither do you
         Dm              F#
So you're  damned if you don't
   Dm              F#
And  damned if you do
    Fm            G
Well, all of this suffering's
      Fm          G
Just a  temporary thing
     C           A7
Right here is nirvana
          Dm     G        C
Where the little crawdads sing