Lobachevsky chords by Tom Lehrer

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

A minorAm  DmDm  E7E7  A minorAm

N.C
Who made me the genius I am today,
The mathematician that others all quote?
Who's the professor that made me that way,
The greatest that ever got chalk on his coat?

Chorus:

E7E7 A minorAm   A minorAm G+G   A minorAm FF  A minorAm G+G
One man deserves the credit,
  A minorAm   A minorAm G+G   A minorAm FF  A minorAm G+G
One man deserves the blame,
  A minorAm A minorAm G+G A minorAm FF A minorAm G+G  E7E7       A minorAm
and Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name. Oy!
A minorAm          E7E7
Nicolai Ivanovich Lobache...

Verse 1:

N.C
I am never forget the day I first meet the great Lobachevsky.
In one word he told me secret of success in mathematics: Plagiarize!

E7E7 A minorAm
  Plagiarise,
            DmDm
Let no one else's work evade your eyes,
              E7E7
Remember why the good Lord made your eyes,
     A minorAm
So don't shade your eyes,
  DmDm     E7E7     A minorAm
But plagiarise, plagiarise, plagiarise...
N.C
Only be sure always to call it please, "research".


Chorus:

E7E7 A minorAm   A minorAm G+G   A minorAm FF A minorAm G+G  A minorAm   A minorAm G+G  A minorAm FF A minorAm G+G
And ever since I meet this man my life is not the same,
  A minorAm A minorAm G+G A minorAm FF A minorAm G+G  E7E7       A minorAm
And Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name. Oy!
A minorAm          E7E7
Nicolai Ivanovich Lobache...

Verse 2:

N.C
I am never forget the day I am given first original paper to write. It
     CdimCdim   BdimBdim    BbdimBbdim   AdimAdim  AbdimAbdim     GdimGdim
was on Analytic and Algebraic Topology of Locally Euclidean Metrization
  F#dimF#dim      FdimFdim    EdimEdim  EbdimEbdim
of Infinitely Differentiable Riemannian Manifold.
N.C
Bozhe moi!
                DmDm      E7E7    A minorAm
This I know from nothing. What  I am going  to do?

But I think of great Lobachevsky and I get idea - haha!

G7G7 C majorC        G7G7
I have a friend in Minsk,
  G7G7       C majorC
Who has a friend in Pinsk,
   C majorC         G7G7
Whose friend in Omsk has friend in Tomsk
   G7G7      C majorC
With friend in Akmolinsk.
  C majorC        G7G7
His friend in Alexandrovsk
  G7G7        C majorC
Has friend in Petropavlovsk,
   C majorC         G7G7
Whose friend somehow is solving now
  G7G7         C majorC
The problem in Dnepropetrovsk.
  C majorC        G7G7
And when his work is done -
 G7G7        C majorC
Haha! - begins the fun.
   G7G7        C majorC
From Dnepropetrovsk to Petropavlovsk,
  G7G7         C majorC
By way of Iliysk, And Novorossiysk,
  G7G7        C majorC
To Alexandrovsk to Akmolinsk
  G7G7
To Tomsk to Omsk
  G7G7
To Pinsk to Minsk
  D7D7        G7G7
To me the news will run,
    D7D7        G7G7
Yes, to me the news will run!
  G7G7
And then I write by morning, night,
  C majorC
And afternoon, and pretty soon
  G7G7
My name in Dnepropetrovsk is cursed,
   C majorC
When he finds out I published first!


Chorus:

E7E7 A minorAm    A minorAm G+G A minorAm FF  A minorAm G+G
And who made me a big success
  A minorAm     A minorAm G+G    A minorAm FF  A minorAm G+G
And brought me wealth and fame?
A minorAm A minorAm G+G A minorAm FF A minorAm G+G  E7E7       A minorAm
Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name. Oy!
A minorAm          E7E7
Nicolai Ivanovich Lobache...


Verse 3:

N.C
I am never forget the day my first book is published.
Every chapter I stole from somewhere else.
Index I copy from old Vladivostok telephone directory.
This book, this book was sensational!
Pravda - ah, Pravda - Pravda said:
"Jeel beel kara ogoday blyum blocha jeli," ("It stinks").
But Izvestia! Izvestia said:
"Jai, do gudoo sun sai pere shcum," ("It stinks").
Metro-Goldwyn-Moskva bought the movie rights for six million rubles,
Changing title to 'The Eternal Triangle',
With Ingrid Bergman playing part of hypotenuse.

Chorus:

E7E7 A minorAm  A minorAm G+G    A minorAm FF  A minorAm G+G
And who deserves the credit?
  A minorAm  A minorAm G+G    A minorAm FF  A minorAm G+G
And who deserves the blame?
A minorAm A minorAm G+G A minorAm FF A minorAm G+G  E7E7       A minorAm
Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name.
A minorAm DmDm E7E7 A minorAm