The Blind Men And The Elephant chords by Natalie Merchant

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Intro:
FF
Six men of Indostan
Bb majorBb                 FF
To learning much inclined
Bb majorBb              FF
Went to see the Elephant
        C majorC      DmDm        C majorC
(Though all of them were blind)
Bb majorBb                C majorC
That each by observation
      Bb majorBb          F minorFm    FF
Might satisfy his mind
F minorFm          BbmBbm   F minorFm          BbmBbm
Satisfy his mind, satisfy his mind
BbmBbm          F minorFm         C majorC               FF     F minorFm
Six men of Indostan, to learning much inclined



Verse One:
x         FF
Well, the First approached the Elephant
Eb MajorEb               F minorFm
And happening to fall
Eb MajorEb                    FF
Against his broad and sturdy side
   C majorC
At once began to bawl:
DbDb         C majorC
“God bless me! but the Elephant
               F minorFm
Is very like a wall!”

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Verse Two:
                    FF
The Second, feeling of the tusk
       Bb majorBb                FF
Cried, “Ho! what have we here
Bb majorBb                FF          C majorC
So very round and smooth and sharp?
C majorC
To me tis mighty clear
DbDb                C majorC
This wonder of an Elephant
               FF
Is very like a spear!”



Chorus:
FF                F minorFm
All of them were blind
BbmBbm              F minorFm
All of them were blind
Bb majorBb  F minorFm     C majorC
Six men of Indostan
   FF             C majorC          F minorFm
To learning much inclined



Verse Three:
    FF
The Third approached the animal
BbmBbm              F minorFm      C minorCm
And happening to take
Bb majorBb            FF         C majorC
The squirming trunk within his hands
C majorC
Thus boldly up he spake:
DbDb             C majorC    BB
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
   FF                     C majorC
Is very like a snake!”



Verse Four:
         FF
Then the Fourth reached out an eager hand
BbmBbm               FF     AbAb
And felt about the knee
BbmBbm                      FF
“What most this wondrous beast is like
   C majorC
Is mighty plain,” quoth he;
DbDb                    C majorC
“Tis clear enough the Elephant
               F minorFm
Is very like a tree!”


G+G FF
DbDb FF
C minorCm FF C minorCm
C minorCm F minorFm



Verse Five:
        AbAb                    FF
And the Fifth! who chanced to touch the ear
      BbmBbm                F minorFm
Said: ”E’en the blindest man
                   FF
Can tell what this resembles most;
  C majorC                    DbDb
Deny the fact who can,
            C majorC
This marvel of an Elephant
               FF      C majorC
Is very like a fan!”



Verse Six:
C majorC
And the Sixth! no sooner had begun
BbmBbm                F minorFm
About the beast to grope (to grope!)
BbmBbm                  F minorFm
Than, seizing on the swinging tail
C majorC
That fell within his scope (scope!)
DbDb       C majorC
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
        FF      AbAb
Is very like a rope!”



Chorus:
FF                F minorFm
All of them were blind
BbmBbm              F minorFm
All of them were blind
Bb majorBb  F minorFm     C majorC
Six men of Indostan
C majorC
Learning much inclined
   FF             C majorC          F minorFm
To learning much inclined


Closing:
    Eb MajorEb
And so these men of Indostan
   DbDb             F minorFm
Disputed loud and long
C majorC
Each in his opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong
Eb MajorEb
Each was partly in the right
    DbDb              FF
But all were in the wrong


Moral:
   C majorC
So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
    BbmBbm            C majorC
And prate about an Elephant
                    F minorFm
Not one of them has seen!