Mayor Of Simpleton
1989
XTC
A7BmCDD7E7EmG8 chords used in this song
| C | D7 | C | D7 |
| CNever been | D7near a uni | Cversi | D7ty |
| C | D7 | C | D7 |
| CNever took a | D7paper or a | Clearned de | D7gree |
| G | A7 |
| And | Gsome of your friends think that's | A7stupid of me |
| C | D |
| But it's | Cnothing that I care | Dabout |
| C | D7 | G |
| Well I | Cdon't know | D7how to tell the | Gweight of the sun |
| C | D7 | G |
| And of | Cmathe | D7matics well | GI want none |
| G | E7 |
| And I | Gmay be the Mayor of | E7Simpleton |
| C | D | C | D7 | C | D7 |
| But I | Cknow one | Dthing and that's I | Clove | D7you | C | D7 |
| C | D7 | C | D7 |
| When their | Clogic grows | D7cold and all | Cthinking gets | D7done |
| C | D7 | G | C | G |
| You'll be | Cwarm in the arms of the | D7Mayor of Simple | Gton | C | G |
| C | D7 | C | D7 |
| CI can't have been | D7there when brains were | Chanded | D7round |
| C | D7 | C | D7 |
| ( | CPlease be up | D7standing for the | CMayor of | D7Simpleton) |
| C | D7 | C | D7 |
| Or | Cget past the | D7cover of your | Cbooks pro | D7found |
| C | D7 | C | D7 |
| ( | CPlease be up | D7standing for the | CMayor of | D7Simpleton) |
| G | A7 |
| And | Gsome of your friends thinks it's | A7really unsound |
| C | D |
| That you're | Ceven seen talking to | Dme |
| C | D7 | G |
| Well I | Cdon't know | D7how to write a | Gbig hit song |
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| And all | Ccrossword | D7puzzles well | GI just shun |
| G | E7 |
| And I | Gmay be the Mayor of | E7Simpleton |
| C | D | C | D7 | C | D7 |
| But I | Cknow one | Dthing and that's I | Clove | D7you | C | D7 |
| Bm | Em |
| I'm not | Bmproud of the fact that I | Emnever learned much |
| G |
| Just | Gfeel I should say |
| Bm | Em |
| What you | Bmget is all real, I can't | Emput on an act |
| A7 | D |
| It takes | A7brains to do that | Danyway (And anyway...) |
| C | D7 | G |
| And I | Ccan't un | D7ravel riddles, | Gproblems and puns |
| C | D7 | G |
| How the | Chome com | D7puter has me | Gon the run |
| G | E7 |
| And I | Gmay be the Mayor of | E7Simpleton |
| C | D | C | D7 | C | D7 |
| But I | Cknow one | Dthing and that's I | Clove | D7you | C | D7 |
| C | D7 | C | D7 |
| If | Cdepth of | D7feeling is a | Ccurren | D7cy |
| C | D7 | C | D7 |
| ( | CPlease be up | D7standing for the | CMayor of | D7Simpleton) |
| C | D7 | C | D7 |
| Then | CI'm the | D7man who grew the | Cmoney | D7tree |
| C | D7 | C | D7 |
| ( | CNo chain of | D7office and no | Chope of | D7getting one) |
| G | A7 |
| GSome of your friends are too | A7brainy to see |
| C | D |
| That they're | Cpaupers and that's how they'll | Dstay |
| C | D7 | G |
| Well I | Cdon't know | D7how many pounds | Gmake up a ton |
| C | D7 | G |
| Of all the | CNobel | D7prizes that | GI've never won |
| G | E7 |
| And I | Gmay be the Mayor of | E7Simpleton |
| C | D | C | D7 | C | D7 |
| But I | Cknow one | Dthing and that's I | Clove | D7you | C | D7 |
| C | D7 | C | D7 |
| When their | Clogic grows | D7cold and all | Cthinking gets | D7done |
| C | D7 | G | C | G |
| You'll be | Cwarm in the arms of the | D7Mayor of Simple | Gton | C | G |
| C | D7 | G | C | G |
| You'll be | Cwarm in the arms of the | D7Mayor of Simple | Gton | C | G |
| C | D7 |
| You'll be | Cwarm in the arms of the | D7Mayor... |
| C | D7 | C | D7 |
| ( | CPlease be up | D7standing for the | CMayor of | D7Simpleton) |
| C | D7 | C | D7 |
| ( | CPlease be up | D7standing for the | CMayor of | D7Simpleton) |
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