1. There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium D7
G 0232
D7 2020
D 2220
A7 0100 G
There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum,
selenium D7
And hydrogen + oxygen + nitrogen + rhenium
And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium
D A D
And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium.
The Elements Tom Lehrer (1959) 1

2. Europium, zirconium, lutetium, Gm vanadium F7 Bb
Eb7 3334 D7
Europium, zirconium, lutetium, Gm
vanadium
F Bb
And lanthanum + osmium + astatine + radium
D Gm
And gold + protactinium + indium + gallium
Eb D7
And iodine + thorium + thulium + thallium.
The Elements 2

3. There’s yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium D7
G 0232
D7 2020
C 0003 G
There’s yttrium, ytterbium,
actinium, rubidium D7
And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium
G D G D7
And strontium + silicon + silver + samarium
G C G D7
And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium
and barium.
The Elements 3

4. There’s holmium + helium + hafnium + erbium D7
G 0232
D7 2020
D 2220
A7 0200 G
There’s holmium + helium + hafnium + erbium D7
And phosphorus + francium + flu-o-rine +
terbium
And manganese + mercury, molybdenum,
magnesium
D A D
Dysprosium + scandium + cerium + cesium.
The Elements 4

5. And lead, praesodymium and Gm platinum, plutonium F7 Bb
Eb7 3334 D7
And lead, praesodymium and Gm
platinum, plutonium
F Bb
Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium
And tantalum, technetium, titanium,
tellurium
Eb D7
And cadmium + calcium + chromium + curium.
The Elements 5

6. There’s sulfur, californium and fermium, berkelium D7
G 0232
D7 2020
C 0003 G
There’s sulfur, californium
and fermium, berkelium D7
And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium
G D G
And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon,
zinc and rhodium
G C
And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper,
G D7 G
tungsten, tin + sodium.
The Elements 6

7. Lawrencium and Hahnium and lastly D7 Rutherfordium, G C G
G D G
Lawrencium and Hahnium and lastly D7
Rutherfordium,
G C G
If there are any others, I’m afraid I
D G
haven’t heardium.
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The Elements 7