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