Key: G major
Verse 1
A
Did you see the lad,
F#m
on the corner
D
A
E
He was standing drinking wine
A
C#m
Wears his overcoat in the summer
F#m
D
And short sleeves in
A
D
E
the winter time
Verse 2
A
Takes his holidays,
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down at the bookies
D
A
E
A
Well he knows how to pick a horse
Village tramping round the
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F#m
coun tryside
D
He wears a smile,
A
but he doesn't say much
Verse 3
Bm
C#m
Village idiot, he's complicated
Bm
C#m
Village idiot, simple mind
Bm
C#m
Village idiot, he does know something
D
But he's just not saying
E
Verse 4
A
F#m
Don't you know he's onto something
D
You can see it, you can see it in his eyes
A
F#m
Sometimes he looks so happy
D
As he goes strolling by
Interlude 1
A
F#m
D
A
F#m
A
Bm
F#m
D
A
Verse 5
Bm
C#m
Oh village idiot, he's complicated
Bm
Village idiot,
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he's got a simple mind
Bm
Village idiot,
C#m
must know something
D
Bm
D
But he's just not saying
E
Verse 6
A
Well you all know he's
F#m
D
onto something
A
You can see it in his eyes
Bm
A
F#m
Sometimes he looks so happy
D
A
When he goes walking by
F#m
Sometimes he looks so happy
D
E
D
When he goes walking
A
F#m
D
by
A
F#m
Sometimes he looks so happy
D
When he goes walking by.
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