Mayor Of Simpleton Chords by XTC
- Key: G
- BPM: 136
- Capo: no capo
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MAYOR OF SIMPLETON CHORDS
[Intro] C G C G ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] C G Never been near a university ■ Em G C Never took a paper or a learning degree G Am A7 ■ And some of your friends think that's stupid of me C Am7 D7 But it's nothing that I care about [Chorus] D C D G Am Well I don't know how to tell the weight of the sun C D7 G And of mathematics ■ well I want none E7 And I may be the mayor of Simpleton Am D7 C D C But I know one thing and that's I ■ love you D Em D When their logic grows cold and all thinking gets done C Am7 G You'll be warm in the arms of the mayor of Simpleton [Verse] C G I can't have been there when brains were handed 'round C G C G Or get past the cover of your books profound ■ A7 And some of your friends think it's really unsound Am7 D7 That you're even seen talking to me [Chorus] D C D G Well I don't know how to write a big hit song C D G And all crossword puzzles well I just shun E7 And I may be the mayor of Simpleton Am7 Am Bm7 C D G But I know one thing and that's I love ■ you D Bm Em ■ I'm not proud of the fact that I never learned much G Just feel I should say B Em What you get is all real I can't put on an act E7 D C It takes brains to do that anyway ■ Bm7 G Am7 C D G ■ ■ And I can't unravel riddles problems and puns C D G How the home computer has me on the run G And I may be the mayor of Simpleton Am7 Am D D7 Em G C G C But I know ■ one thing and that's I love ■ ■ you ■ [Verse] G C ■ If depth of feeling is a currency ■ G C Then I'm the man who grew the money tree G Am Some of your friends are too brainy to see C G That they're paupers and that's how they'll stay [Chorus] D C D G Well I don't know how many pounds make up a ton C G Of all the Nobel prizes that I've never won E7 And I may be the mayor of Simpleton Am7 Am D7 C D G But I know ■ one thing and that's I love you ■ C D Em When all logic grows cold and all thinking gets done C Am7 D G You'll be warm in the arms of the mayor of Simpleton C D G C You'll be warm in the arms of the mayor of Simpleton ■ G C Am ■ You'll be warm in the arms of the mayor Em C G Em D C D C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ G Em C G Em D C G ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro] Am G Em Dsus4 C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■