A Most Peculiar Man

Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 17:21:14 +0100 (BST)
From: R P Kent

Words and Music by Paul Simon

Tabbed and transcribed by Rich Kent *

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Verse 1
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                                                               He was a
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  most                         peculiar man

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           That's what Mrs Reirdon said and she should know  she lived up

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  stairs from him                         she said he was a most peculiar man
 Verse 2
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                                                               He was a
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  most                         peculiar man

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           He lived        all alone   within a house   within a room

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          within himself                               a most peculiar man

  Verse 3 is the same as verse 2...

  He had no friends he seldom spoke,
  And no one in turn ever spoke to him,
 'Cause he wasn't friendly and he didn't care
  And he wasn't like them.
  Oh, no! he was a most peculiar man
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                                                             He died last
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                        Saturday

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  He turned on the gas    with the   windows closed so he'd never wake up

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  To his silent world and his tiny room and Mrs Reirdon says he has a
  brother somewhere

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   Who should        be               notified soon                 and

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  all the people said 'What a shame that he's dead but wasn't he a

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  most peculiar     man                                  Fade Out.....

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