Verse 1
[G]
It's the mayor of Lonely Town, population: one
[Am7]
Population: one
[D7]
Staring a hole in the ground
[G] [F] [E7]
Staring at the sun (oh, whoa)
[Am7] [D7]
And I'm starting to feel like he might be real
[Bm7] [E7]
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 standing in the square
[Am7]
At the county fair
[D7] [G] [F] [E7]
Shouting his message out but there's no one there (oh, there)
[Am7] [D7]
And the silence surrounds but he's lost in the sound
[Bm7] [E7]
Of the army of fifes and drums
[Am7] [D7]
Marching for mayor of Lonely Town
[G6] [D7]
Population: one
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Chorus
[G] [A7]
If you want to go to Lonely Town
[C7] [G]
Just pay the fare (babada, dabada, dabada)
[G] [A7]
Unless you're with me then you'll get in for free
[Am7] [D7] [G] [B7]
'Cause baby, I know the mayor (babadoh)
Bridge
[Em] [Emmaj7] [Em7] [Em6]
No one seems to want to be near
[Cm7] [G] [B7]
They all run away
[Em] [Emmaj7] [Em7] [Em6]
But deep inside a song you can hear
[Am7] [D] [C] [Bm] [Am]
Calling out your name
Verse 3
[G] [Am7]
Well, the mayor of Lonely Town, tucking into bed (oh-oh)
What's inside his head?
[D7] [G] [F] [E7]
Visions of sugarplums and loneliness (oh yes)
[Am7] [D7]
Now we've all got to be what we want to be
[Bm7] [E]
But that doesn't seem quite so fun
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Outro
[Am7] [D7]
To be the mayor of Lonely Town, population
[Am7] [D7]
Staring a hole in the ground, population
[Am7] [D7] [Em] [Emmaj7] [Em7] [Em6]
Mayor of Lonely Town, population: one
[Cm6] [G]
(Ah ah ah ah ah, ah, ah)
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