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The Mayor Of Simpleton - XTC
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from 'Oranges and Lemons'
words & music Andy Partridge

[Notes: The 'C D' in the verse is played on the track by sliding the
C chord up to 3rd fret and back, arpeggiating(?), while the bass line
dances around to wonderful effect. I just strum the chords. I also
tend to play a lot of the chords with the two little fingers at 3rd
fret, except for the D, e.g.

GG Piano Chord 
       Asus4    CC Piano Chord 
        Am7Am7 Piano Chord 

----3-------3--------3--------3--------
----3-------3--------3--------3--------
----0-------2--------0--------0--------
----0-------2--------2--------2--------
----2-------0--------3--------0--------
----3-------0--------0--------0--------

This generally makes it easier to shift between chords, and makes
things a bit more interesting than playing them straight, although
it's not always appropriate -- in the bridge for instance]

CC Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 


CC Piano Chord 
          DD Piano Chord 
         CC Piano Chord 
    DD Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 

Never been near a university

CC Piano Chord 
            DD Piano Chord 
          CC Piano Chord 
          DD Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 

Never took a paper or a learned degree

GG Piano Chord 
                                 Asus4
Some of your friends think that's stupid of me,

CC Piano Chord 
                    DD Piano Chord 

But it's nothing that I care about,

CC Piano Chord 
          DD Piano Chord 
               GG Piano Chord 
             Am7Am7 Piano Chord 

Well I don't know how to tell the weight of the sun,

CC Piano Chord 
    DD Piano Chord 
           GG Piano Chord 
      Am7Am7 Piano Chord 

And all mathematics well I just shun,

GG Piano Chord 
                   EE Piano Chord 
                AmAm Piano Chord 
       DD Piano Chord 

And I may be the mayor of simpleton, but I know one thing,

CC Piano Chord 
    DD Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 
   DD Piano Chord 

And that's I love you

CC Piano Chord 
           DD Piano Chord 
            C/EC/E Piano Chord 
           D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 

When their logic grows cold and all thinking gets done,

C/GC/G Piano Chord 
         D/AD/A Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 
              GG Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 

You'll be warm in the arms of the mayor of simpleton

CC Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 


I can't have been there when brains were handed round
(Please be upstanding for the mayor of simpleton)
Or get past the covers of your books profound
(Please be upstanding for the mayor of simpleton)
Some of your friends think it's really unsound
That you're even seen talking to me

Well I don't know how to write a big hit song,
And all mathematics well I want none,
And I may be the mayor of simpleton, but I know one thing,
And that's I love you

BmBm Piano Chord 
                       EmEm Piano Chord 

I'm not proud of the fact that I never learned much,

GG Piano Chord 

Just feel I should say,

BmBm Piano Chord 
                         EmEm Piano Chord 

What you get is all real, I can't put on an act,

CC Piano Chord 
                 DD Piano Chord 

it takes brains to do that anyway (and anyway)

Well I don't know how to puzzle problems and puns
And a home computer has me on the run
And I may be the mayor of simpleton, but I know one thing,
And that's I love you (I love you)

If depth of feeling is a currency
(Please be upstanding for the mayor of simpleton)
Then I'm the man who grew the money tree
(No chain of office and no hope of getting one)
Some of your friends are to brainy to see
That they're paupers and that's how they'll all stay

Well I don't know how many needles make up a ton
Of all the Nobel prizes that I never one,
And I may be the mayor of simpleton, but I know one thing,
And that's I love you

CC Piano Chord 
           DD Piano Chord 
            C/EC/E Piano Chord 
           D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 

When their logic grows cold and all thinking gets done,

C/GC/G Piano Chord 
         D/AD/A Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 
              GG Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 

You'll be warm in the arms of the mayor of simpleton
You'll be warm in the arms of the mayor of simpleton

CC Piano Chord 
                       D7sus4/A
You'll be warm in the arms of the mayor

(Please be upstanding for the mayor of simpleton)