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Intro 1
(C major)
Verse 1
(C major) Never been near a university, (D major) (C major)
Never took a paper or a learned degree,
And some (G major) of your friends think
that's (A major) stupid of me,
But it's noth (C major) ing that I care about (D major)
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Verse 2
Well I (C major) don't know (D major) how to tell
the (G major) weight of the sun (A minor) ,
(C major) And of mathemat (D major) ics well (G major) I want none, (D major)
And I (G major) may be the Mayor of Sim (E major) pleton,
(D major) But I (A minor) know (C major) one thing (D major) and
that's I love (E minor) (C major) (G major) you (C major)
(G major) When their
Verse 3
(C major) logic grows (D major) cold and
all (E minor) thinking gets (D major) done,
You'll be (C major) warm in the (A minor) arms of
the Mayor (D major) of Simpleton (G major)
(C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 4
I can't have been there when
brains were handed round
(Please be upstanding for
the Mayor of Simpleton),
Or get past the cover of your
books profound,
(Please be upstanding for
the Mayor of Simpleton),
And some (G major) of your friends thinks
it's (A major) really unsound,
That you're (C major) even seen (D major) talking to me
Verse 5
Well I (C major) don't know (D major) how to
write a (G major) big hit song,
(C major) And all (D major) crossword puzzles
well (G major) I just shun (D major) ,
And I (G major) may be the Mayor of Sim (E major) pleton,
But I (A minor) know (C major) one (D major) thing and
that's I (E minor) love (C major) (G major) you
(D major) I'm not
Verse 6
(B minor) proud of the fact that
I (E minor) never learned much,
Just (G major) feel I should say,
(E minor) What you (B minor) get is all real,
I can't (E minor) put on an act,
It takes brains to do (C major) that (A major) (D major) any
(C major) way (G major) (A minor) (And anyway...)
Verse 7
And I (C major) can't unravel (D major) riddles,
(G major) problems and (D major) puns,
How the (C major) home computer (D major)
has me (G major) on the run,
(D major) And I (G major) may be the Mayor (E major) of Simpleton,
But I (A minor) know (C major) one (E minor) (D major) thing and that's
I love (C major) you (I love (D major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) you)
Verse 8
If depth (C major) of feeling is a currency, (G major) (D major)
(Please be (C major) up (D major) standing for
the Mayor (C major) of Simpleton),
Then I'm the man (D major) who (C major) grew the money (G major) tree,
(C major)
(No chain of office (G major) and no
(C major) hope of get (G major) ting one)
Some of your friends are
too (A major) brainy to see,
That they're pau (C major) pers and
that's (D major) how (C major) they'll (D major) stay (A major)
(D major) Well I
Verse 9
(C major) don't know (D major) how many
pounds (G major) make up a ton,
Of (D major) all the Nobel (C major) (D major) prizes that
(G major) I've never won,
And I may be the Mayor of Sim (E major) pleton,
But I (A minor) know (C major) one (D major) thing and
that's I love (E minor) (C major) you (G major)
When (A minor) all
Verse 10
(C major) logic grows (D major) cold and
all (E minor) thinking gets (D major) done,
You'll be (C major) warm in the (A minor) arms of
the Mayor (D major) of Simpleton (G major)
(C major) (G major) You'll be (C major) warm in the arms
of the Mayor (D major) of Simpleton (G major)
(C major) (G major) You'll be (C major) warm in the
arms of the May (G major) or (D major)
(C major) (D major) (C major) (D major) (C major) (D major) (Please be upstanding
for the
May (C major) or of (D major) (C major) (C major) (D major) (C major) Simpleton)
(Please be upstanding (D major) for the Mayor
of (D major) Simpleton)
(Please be upstanding (D major) for the
Mayor of Simpleton)
(Please be upstanding for the
Mayor of Simpleton)
(Please be upstanding
for the Mayor of Simpleton)
The Mayor of Simpleton
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