Mr. Smooth Chords by Michael Franks

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[Db] In _ _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _
_ [Bbm] _ every city, whether [F] it be large or small, [Fm] _ there's higher [F]-failest drones. _
_ [Bbm] But [Eb] some of us remember [F] how much choice there was [Db] _ before he [C] took the throne.
He's [Gb] Mr.
[Cm] Smoon, his [F] hipness [Ebm] the great.
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[F] For [Gb] Mr.
Smoon's [Cm] a heretic, we [Gb] must wait.
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[F] So [Gb] Mr.
[Cm] Smoon, when our [F] turn [Gb] comes round,
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Dear [Gb] Mr.
[Cm] Smoon, we only [Gb] hope [Bb] it [C] won't be [Bbm] thumbs down. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bbm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [F] _ Da ba dee da [Bbm] ya do, ba du dee ba da dee da [F] ya do.
Dee da dum, dee da dum, [Fm] ba dum dum.
[Db] Ba da [Cm] dum, _ da ba dee da [Bbm] ya do.
His power and [F] reputation he earned cleverly.
[Fm] _ Play [Cm] fifteen second tracks.
_ [Fm] Then [Bbm] just tape the [F] electrodes to the average Joe.
[Db] _ To see how [Eb] he reacts.
He's [Ebm] Mr.
Smooth, [Cm] his hipness [Gb] the grade [F] For [Gb] Mr.
[Eb] Smooth's verdict [F] we [Ebm] must wait
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[F] So [Gb] Mr.
[Eb] Smooth, when our [Fm] turn comes round [Dbm]
[F] Dear [Gb] Mr.
[Cm] Smooth, we only [Gb] hope it [C] won't be [Bbm] thumbs down _ _ _ _ _ _
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Da ba dee da [Bbm] ya, ba do dee ba da dee da [F] ya Dee da dum, dee da [Fm] dum, ba dum dum, ba dum [Cm] dum
Da ba dee [Bbm] da ya
The rest of us mere [F] mortals on the treadmill trace
[Fm] Our _ _ [F] workaday gulag
And strive for tone until the day he falls from [Db] grace
[Fm] And [Cm] rivals fold the [Bbm] flag
Of [Gb] Mr.
[Cm] Smooth, his [F] hipness [Ebm] the grade [Db]
[F] For [Ebm] Mr.
Smooth's [Cm] verdict [Ebm] we must wait
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[F] So [Ebm] Mr.
Smooth, [Eb] when our turn [Ab] comes round Dear [Gb] Mr.
[Ebm] Smooth, [Cm] we only [Gb] hope it [Bbm] won't be thumbs down
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[Bbm] _ Pa do dee ba da, dee da [F] ya, dee dum-dum, dee dum [Bbm]-dum, ba dum dum
Ba dum [F] dum, _ da be da [Bbm] ya, ba do dee ba da, dee [F] da ya, dee dum dum, dee dum-dum
[Fm] Ba dum dum, ba dum [F] dum, da dee [Bbm] da ya
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[Bbm] We bow to Mr.
[F] Smooth. _
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[Bb] [Bbm] We bow to [F] Mr.
Smooth. _
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_ [Bbm] We're stuck with Mr.
[F] Smooth. _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [F] Stuck _ _
[A] _ [Bbm] _ with Mr.
[F] Smooth. _
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