#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# XTC -- "The Mayor of Simpleton" Bass Transcription Tabbed by Tim Nevaker: tnevak2@gl.umbc.edu Verse: G:--------------------------|--------------------------|| D:--5--4--------------------|-----5--4--5--------2--0--|| A:--------2--3--5--3--2-----|--------------2--3--------|| E:-----------------------5--|--3-----------------------|| 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... G:-----------------------|-----------------------|--5---4---2-------| D:-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------5---| A:-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------| E:--3------3--3--3----3--|--5------5--5--5----5--|------------------| G:------------------|| D:--4---2-----------|| A:----------5---4---|| E:------------------|| 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: G:-------------------2-----|-------------------------| D:-------2--------4-----5--|-------------------2--0--| A:--3-------3--5-----------|-------2--------3--------| E:-------------------------|----3-----3--5-----------| G:-------------------2-----|------------------------|| D:-------2--------4-----5--|------------------------|| A:--3-------3--5-----------|-------2--------3--5----|| E:-------------------------|----3-----3--5----------|| 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... G:------------------------|------------------------| D:------------------------|------------------------| A:----------------2----5--|----------------2----5--| E:--3--3----3--3----------|--4--4----4--4----------| G:--------------------------|--------------------------|| D:--------------------2--2--|--0--0--------------------|| A:--------2--2--3--3--------|--------3--3--2--2--0--0--|| E:--5--5--------------------|--------------------------|| 1,2,3,4: And I may be the mayor the simpleton... G:------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| D:------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| A:------------------------|------------------------|--3--3----3--5--5----5--| E:--0--0----0--2--2----2--|--3--3----3--5--5----5--|------------------------| G:------------------------|-------------2--2----2--|--7---5---4-------| D:--2--2----2--4--4----4--|--5--5----5-------------|--------------7---| A:------------------------|------------------------|------------------| E:------------------------|------------------------|------------------| G:------------------------|---------------|| D:--5---------------------|---------------|| A:-------0--2--3--2--0----|---------------|| E:------------------------|--3--------3\--|| 1,3: When their logic grows cold and all thinking gets done... Bridge: G:------------------------|------------------------|---------------------| D:------------------------|------------------------|---------------------| A:------------------------|------------------------|--2------2--------2--| E:--0--0----0--2--2----2--|--3--3----3--5--5----5--|---------------------| G:-------4----------------|------------------|--7---5-4-----------------| D:-----------7-5---4------|------------------|------------7-5---4-------| A:--7----------------7----|------------------|--------------------7---5-| E:------------------------|--3------3--------|--------------------------| G:------------------|-------------------|--------------------------| D:------------------|-------------------|--------------------2--2--| A:--2------2--------|-------------------|--0--0--2--2--3--3--------| E:------------------|--0------0--0------|--------------------------| G:------------------------|------------------------|| D:--0--0----0-------------|------------------------|| A:-------------3--3----3--|--2--2----2--0--0----0--|| E:------------------------|------------------------|| 2: I'm not proud of the fact that I never learned much... Coda: G:------------------------|------------------|------------------------| D:-------2--5-------2--5--|------------------|------------------------| A:--3----------3----------|--5---3---2-------|-------0--2--3--2--0----| E:------------------------|--------------5---|--3---------------------| Repeat to end: G:----------------|------------------------||---------------------| D:----------------|-------2--5-------2--5--||--7------5------4----| A:----------------|--3----------3----------||---------------------| E:--3-------------|------------------------||---------------------| 2/4 G:---------------------|------------------|---------------------|----------|| D:---------------------|------------------|---------------------|----------|| A:----7------5------3--|-----------3---5--|----3----------------|----------|| E:---------------------|------5-----------|-----------5------3--|----2-----||