XTC – The Mayor Of Simpleton (Bass Tab)

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XTC - "The Mayor of Simpleton" Bass Transcription Tabbed by Tim Nevaker: [email protected] [Verse]

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1: Never been near a university... 2: I can't have been there when brains were handed round... 3: If depth of feeling is a currency...

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1: And some of your friends think that's stupid of me... 2: And some of your friends think it's really unsound... 3: Some of your friends are too brainy too see... [Chorus]

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1: Well I don't know how to tell the weight of the sun... 2: Well I don't know how to write a big hit song... 3: And I can't unravel riddles problems and puns... 4: Well I don't know how many pounds make up a ton...

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1,2,3,4: And I may be the mayor the simpleton...

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1,3: When their logic grows cold and all thinking gets done... [Bridge]

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2: I'm not proud of the fact that I never learned much... [Coda]

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