What So The Simple Folk Do Chords
What So The Simple Folk Do by Richard Harris is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, F7, Bb, Gm7, Am, Dm, Gm, Dm6, A, Bbm6, Cm, C7, A7, Dm7, Cdim7, G, D, G7, Am7, Bm, Em, Em6, B, Cm6, Gaug, D7, B7, Em7, Ddim7, Eb, F6 and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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