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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-----||