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