What So The Simple Folk Do chords by Richard Harris

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1

 FF         C majorC  FF
What do the simple folk do
  FF     F7F7         Bb majorBb
To help them escape when they're blue
   Gm7Gm7       A minorAm
The shepherd who is ailing
   DmDm        C majorC
The milkmaid who is glum
   Gm7Gm7      A minorAm
The cobbler who is wailing
   G minorGm Dm6Dm6   C majorC
From nailing his thumb

 FF           C majorC  FF
When they're beset and be-sieged
   FF      F7F7    Bb majorBb
The folk not noblessely obliged
  DmDm      A minorAm
However do they manage
  Gm7Gm7       FF A augmentedA Bbm6Bbm6
To shed their weary l-o-t
  FF A minorAm C minorCm Gm7Gm7 FF   C majorC  FF
Oh, w-h-a-t do simple folk do
Gm7Gm7  FF
We do not

Bb majorBb       F7F7
I have been informed
  Bb majorBb    C7C7    FF
By those who know them well
   Bb majorBb  Gm7Gm7    FF    F7F7  Bb majorBb F7F7 Bb majorBb
They find relief in quite a clever way
DmDm          A7A7
When they're sorely pressed
   DmDm      A7A7
They whistle for a spell
    FF         Dm7Dm7  Gm7Gm7    A augmentedA Bbm6Bbm6
And whistling seems to brighten up their day
   FF C majorC Cdim7Cdim7 Gm7Gm7  FF   C7C7 FF
And t-h-a-t-'-s what simple folk do
Gm7Gm7   FF  Gm7Gm7
So they say

    FF
They whistle?
Gm7Gm7   FF
So they say

Verse 2

   G+G         D MajorD  G+G
What else do the simple folk do
   G+G      G7G7       C majorC
To perk up the heart and get through
   Am7Am7        B minorBm
The wee folk and the grown folk
   E minorEm      D MajorD
Who wander to and fro
    Am7Am7        B minorBm    G7G7
Have ways known to their own folk
   A minorAm   Em6Em6    D MajorD
We throne folk don't know

 G+G          D MajorD  G+G
When all the doldrums be-gin
   G+G        G7G7     C majorC
What keeps each of them in his skin
    E minorEm       B minorBm
What ancient native custom
  Am7Am7       BB  Cm6Cm6
Provides the needed glow
   G+G GaugGaug DmDm  Am7Am7 G+G   D7D7  G+G
Oh, w - h-a-t  do simple folk do
A minorAm   G+G
Do you know

C majorC   Am7Am7   Dm7Dm7 G7G7
Once along a road
  C majorC   D7D7  G+G
I came upon a lad
C majorC    Am7Am7  G7G7          C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Singing in a voice three times his size
E minorEm        A minorAm B7B7
When I asked him why
  E minorEm  Em6Em6   B7B7
He told me he was sad
    G+G   G7G7  E minor 7Em7    Am7Am7   BB  Cm6Cm6
And singing always made his spirits rise
  G+G D MajorD Ddim7Ddim7 Am7Am7  G+G   D7D7 G+G Am7Am7
So t-h-a-t-'-s what simple folk do
    G+G  Am7Am7
I surmise
   G+G  Am7Am7
They sing?
    G+G
I surmise


Bridge:
Bb majorBb        FF
Arise, my love! Arise, my love!
Bb majorBb     C7C7     FF
Apollo's lighting the skies, my love
Bb majorBb      Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb
The meadows shine with columbine
   C majorC        FF
And daffodils blossom away


Verse 3

   G+G         D MajorD  G+G
What else do the simple folk do
   G+G      G7G7    C majorC
They must have a system or two
    Am7Am7     B minorBm
They obviously outshine us
   E minorEm       D MajorD
At turning tears to mirth
    Am7Am7       B minorBm   G7G7
Have tricks a royal highness
  A minorAm  Em6Em6  D MajorD
Is minus from birth

 G+G      D MajorD     G+G
What then I wonder do they
  G+G        G7G7  C majorC
To chase all the goblins away
   E minorEm        B minorBm
They have some tribal sorc'ry
   Am7Am7       BB  Cm6Cm6
You haven't mentioned yet
   G+G GaugGaug DmDm Am7Am7 G+G   D7D7  G+G
Oh, w - h-a-t do simple folk do
A minorAm   G+G
To forget

C majorC  Am7Am7  Dm7Dm7 G7G7
Often I am told
    C majorC   D7D7  G+G
They dance a fiery dance
   C majorC     Am7Am7    G7G7      C majorC  G7G7 C majorC
And whirl 'til they're completely uncontrolled
E minorEm        A minorAm B7B7
Soon the mind is blank
  E minorEm  Em6Em6   B7B7
And all are in a trance
    G+G   G7G7  E minor 7Em7   Am7Am7  BB Cm6Cm6
A augmentedA vi'lent trance astounding to behold
  G+G D MajorD Ddim7Ddim7 Am7Am7  G+G   D7D7 G+G Am7Am7
And t-h-a-t-'-s what simple folk do
    G+G  Am7Am7
So I'm told


Verse 4

   G+G         D MajorD  G+G
What else do the simple folk do
   G+G     G7G7         F6F6  E MajorE
To help them escape when they're blue
   Am7Am7        B minorBm
They sit around and wonder
   Am7Am7       B7B7 Cm6Cm6
What royal folk would do
  G+G D MajorD Ddim7Ddim7 Am7Am7  G+G   D7D7  G+G Am7Am7
And t-h-a-t-'-s what simple folk do
   G+G  Am7Am7
  Really?
  G+G          Am7Am7  Cm6Cm6
I have it on the best authority
   G+G D MajorD Ddim7Ddim7 Am7Am7  G+G   D7D7  G+G Am7Am7
Yes, t-h-a-t-'-s what simple folk do


Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe