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Lonely Town

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[Verse 1]
GIs the mayor of lonely town
GPopulation one
Am7Population one
DStaring a hole in the ground
Staring at the suGn (FOh, E9woah)
And I'm stAm7arting to feel
Like Dhe might be real
Like he's Bm7something I might becE9ome
Running for maAm7yor of lonely toD7wn
PopulG6ation oneD7  
[Verse 2]
See the maGyor of lonely town
GStanding in the square
Am7At the county fair
ShoutDing his message out
But there's no one thGere (OhF, therE9e)
And the silAm7ence surrounds but
He's loDst in the sound
Of their Bm7army of fifes and druE9ms
Marching for maAm7yor of lonely townD  
Population G6one
DSha Ebba Dda Dbba Cda Bba Ada Gba Gbda
{Verse 3]
If yoGu want to go to loA7nely town
Just C7pay the faGre (babada, babada, babada)
UGnless you're with me
Then you'A7ll get in for free
'CauAm7se baby
I knoD7w the maGyor (DB7adadoh)
[Bridge]
G/ENo one Gaugseems to wD/Gant to Dbdim7be there
Cm6They alCm6/Dl run awaGyB7  
G/EBut deep Gauginside a D/Gsong you Dbdim7can hear
Am7Calling out your nDamEbdim/CeD/B  D7/A  
[Verse 4]
GWell the mayor of lonely town
GTucking into bed (Oh, oh)
Am7What's inside his head?
DVisions of sugarplums
And a lonGelinFess E9(Oh yes)
Now we'Am7ve all gotta be
DWhat we want to be
Bm7But that doesn't seem quite so E9fun
[Outro]
To be Am7the mayor of lonely townD, population
StarAm7ing a hole in the ground, poDpulation
Am7Mayor of lonely towD7n
PopulatiG/Eon onGaugeD/G  Dbdim7  
Cm6/Eb(Ah, ah, Cm6/Fah, ah, Cm6/Gah, ah, Cm6/Aah)Cm6/Bb  Cm6  G  

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Lonely Town

by Vulfpeck

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

Bm7

G/E

Gaug

D/G

Dbdim7

Cm6

Cm6/D

Ebdim/C

[Verse 1]

Is the mayor of lonely town

Population one

Am7

Population one

Staring a hole in the ground

G F E9

Staring at the sun (Oh, woah)

Am7

And I'm starting to feel

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]

See the mayor of lonely town

Standing in the square

Am7

At the county fair

Shouting his message out

G F E9

But there's no one there (Oh, there)

Am7

And the silence surrounds but

He's lost in the sound

Bm7 E9

Of their army of fifes and drums

Am7 D

Marching for mayor of lonely town

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)

Unless you're with me

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]

Well the mayor of lonely town

Tucking into bed (Oh, oh)

Am7

What's inside his head?

Visions of sugarplums

G F E9

And a loneliness (Oh yes)

Am7

Now we've all gotta be

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)

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