Tom Lehrer - Lobachevsky

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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?

^E7One ^Amman des^Amerv^Ges the ^Amcre^Fdit,^{Am G} One ^Amman des^Amerv^Ges the ^Ambla^Fme, ^{Am G} and ^AmNico^Amlai^G I^Amvan^Fov^Amich^G Loba^E7chevsky is his ^Amname. Oy! ^AmNicolai Ivanovich Loba^E7che...

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

^{E7 Am}Plagiarise, Let no one else's work e^Dmvade your eyes, Remember why the good Lord ^E7made your eyes, So don't ^Amshade your eyes, But ^Dmplagiarise, ^E7plagiarise, ^Amplagiarise...

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Only be sure always to call it please, "research".

^E7And ^Amever si^Amnce^G I meet^Am th^Fis ^Amman^G my ^Amlife is ^Amnot^G the ^Amsam^Fe, ^{Am G} And ^AmNico^Amlai^G I^Amvan^Fov^Amich^G Loba^E7chevsky is his ^Amname. Oy! ^AmNicolai Ivanovich Loba^E7che...

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I am never forget the day I am given first original paper to write. It was on Ana^Cdimlytic and ^BdimAlgebraic To^Bbdimpology of ^AdimLocally ^AbdimEuclidean Metri^Gdimzation of ^F#dimInfinitely Differ^Fdimentiable Rie^Edimmannian ^EbdimManifold.

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Bozhe moi! This I know from nothing. What ^Dm I am going ^E7 to do? ^Am

^G7I ^Chave a friend in ^G7Minsk, Who ^G7has a friend in ^CPinsk, Whose ^Cfriend in Omsk has ^G7friend in Tomsk With ^G7friend in Akmo^Clinsk. His ^Cfriend in Alexan^G7drovsk Has ^G7friend in Petropav^Clovsk, Whose ^Cfriend somehow is ^G7solving now The ^G7problem in Dnepropet^Crovsk. And ^Cwhen his work is ^G7done - Ha^G7ha! - begins the ^Cfun. From ^G7Dnepropetrovsk to ^CPetropavlovsk, By ^G7way of Iliysk, And ^CNovorossiysk, To ^G7Alexandrovsk to A^Ckmolinsk To ^G7Tomsk to Omsk To ^G7Pinsk to Minsk To ^D7me the news will ^G7run, Yes, to ^D7me the news will ^G7run! And ^G7then I write by morning, night, And ^Cafternoon, and pretty soon My ^G7name in Dnepropetrovsk is cursed, When ^Che finds out I published first!

^E7And ^Amwho made ^Amme ^Ga ^Ambig^F suc^Amces^Gs And ^Ambrought me ^Amwea^Glth and ^Amfam^Fe? ^{Am G Am}Nico^Amlai^G I^Amvan^Fov^Amich^G Loba^E7chevsky is his ^Amname. Oy! ^AmNicolai Ivanovich Loba^E7che...

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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.

^E7And ^Amwho de^Amser^Gves the ^Amcre^Fdit? ^{Am G} And ^Amwho de^Amser^Gves the ^Ambla^Fme? ^{Am G Am}Nico^Amlai^G I^Amvan^Fov^Amich^G Loba^E7chevsky is his ^Amname. ^{Am Dm E7 Am} Oy!