Verse 1
[G]
Is the mayor of lonely town
[G]
Population one
[Am7]
Population one
[D]
Staring a hole in the ground
[G] [F] [E9]
Staring at the sun (Oh, woah)
[Am7]
And I'm starting to feel
[D]
Like he might be real
[Bm7] [E9]
Like he's something I might become
[Am7] [D7]
Running for mayor of lonely town
[G6] [D7]
Population one
Verse 2
[G]
See the mayor of lonely town
[G]
Standing in the square
[Am7]
At the county fair
[D]
Shouting his message out
[G] [F] [E9]
But there's no one there (Oh, there)
[Am7]
And the silence surrounds but
[D]
He's lost in the sound
[Bm7] [E9]
Of their army of fifes and drums
[Am7] [D]
Marching for mayor of lonely town
[G6]
Population one
[D] [Eb] [D] [Db] [C] [B] [A] [G] [Gb]
Sha ba da ba da ba da ba da
{Verse 3]
[G] [A7]
If you want to go to lonely town
[C7] [G]
Just pay the fare (babada, babada, babada)
[G]
Unless you're with me
[A7]
Then you'll get in for free
[Am7]
'Cause baby
[D7] [G] [B7]
I know the mayor (Dadadoh)
Bridge
[G/E] [Gaug] [D/G] [Dbdim7]
No one seems to want to be there
[Cm6] [Cm6/D] [G] [B7]
They all run away
[G/E] [Gaug] [D/G] [Dbdim7]
But deep inside a song you can hear
[Am7] [D] [Ebdim/C] [D/B] [D7/A]
Calling out your name
Verse 4
[G]
Well the mayor of lonely town
[G]
Tucking into bed (Oh, oh)
[Am7]
What's inside his head?
[D]
Visions of sugarplums
[G] [F] [E9]
And a loneliness (Oh yes)
[Am7]
Now we've all gotta be
[D]
What we want to be
[Bm7] [E9]
But that doesn't seem quite so fun
Outro
[Am7] [D]
To be the mayor of lonely town, population
[Am7] [D]
Staring a hole in the ground, population
[Am7] [D7]
Mayor of lonely town
[G/E] [Gaug] [D/G] [Dbdim7]
Population one
[Cm6/Eb] [Cm6/F] [Cm6/G] [Cm6/A] [Cm6/Bb] [Cm6] [G]
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
