The Mayor Of Simpleton - XTC  
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from 'Oranges and Lemons' 
words & music Andy Partridge 
 
{Transcribed by Duncan Batey, djb@maths.bath.ac.uk}  
 
{Notes: The 'C D' in the verse is played on the track by sliding the 
 C chord up to 3rd fret and back, arpeggiating(?), while the bass line 
 dances around to wonderful effect. I just strum the chords. I also 
 tend to play a lot of the chords with the two little fingers at 3rd 
 fret, except for the D, e.g. 
 
     G       Asus4    C        Am7       
 ----3-------3--------3--------3-------- 
 ----3-------3--------3--------3-------- 
 ----0-------2--------0--------0-------- 
 ----0-------2--------2--------2-------- 
 ----2-------0--------3--------0-------- 
 ----3-------0--------0--------0-------- 
 
 This generally makes it easier to shift between chords, and makes 
 things a bit more interesting than playing them straight, although 
 it's not always appropriate -- in the bridge for instance} 
 
 
C5  D5  C5  D5 
 
C5          D5         C5    D5    C5  D5  C5  D5 
Never been near a university 
C5            D5          C5          D5    C5  D5  C5  D5 
Never took a paper or a learned degree 
G5                                 A5 
Some of your friends think that's stupid of me, 
         C5                    D5 
But it's nothing that I care about, 
       C5          D5               G5             A5 
Well I don't know how to tell the weight of the sun, 
        C5    D5           G5      A5 
And all mathematics well I just shun, 
      G5                   E5                A5       D5 
And I may be the mayor of simpleton, but I know one thing, 
             C5    D5    C5   D5 
And that's I love you 
           C5           D5            C5           D5 
When their logic grows cold and all thinking gets done, 
          C5         D5         D5              G5   C5   G5  G5 
You'll be warm in the arms of the mayor of simpleton 
C5  D5  C5  D5 
I can't have been there when brains were handed round 

(Please be upstanding for the mayor of simpleton) 

Or get past the covers of your books profound 

(Please be upstanding for the mayor of simpleton) 

Some of your friends think it's really unsound 

That you're even seen talking to me 
 
Well I don't know how to write a big hit song, 

And all mathematics well I want none, 

And I may be the mayor of simpleton, but I know one thing, 

And that's I love you 
        B5                       E5                        
I'm not proud of the fact that I never learned much,  
     G5 
Just feel I should say, 
         B5                         E5      
What you get is all real, I can't put on an act,  
         C5                 D5 
it takes brains to do that anyway (and anyway) 
 
Well I don't know how to puzzle problems and puns 

And a home computer has me on the run 

And I may be the mayor of simpleton, but I know one thing, 

And that's I love you (I love you) 
 
If depth of feeling is a currency  

(Please be upstanding for the mayor of simpleton) 

Then I'm the man who grew the money tree 

(No chain of office and no hope of getting one) 

Some of your friends are to brainy to see 

That they're paupers and that's how they'll all stay 
 
Well I don't know how many needles make up a ton 

Of all the Nobel prizes that I never one, 

And I may be the mayor of simpleton, but I know one thing, 

And that's I love you 
           C5           D5            C5           D5 
When their logic grows cold and all thinking gets done, 
          C5         D5         D5              G5   C5   G5  G5 
You'll be warm in the arms of the mayor of simpleton 

You'll be warm in the arms of the mayor of simpleton 
          C5                       D5  
You'll be warm in the arms of the mayor 
 
(Please be upstanding for the mayor of simpleton)