Chords for Paul Thorn Performs "Mediocrity is King" on The Texas Music Scene

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_ [A] _ _ _ You know, many people may know of Paul [F] Thorn's music like the song [G] Mood Ring, which Wade
Bowen [A] covered a few years back.
In the same way Texas music fans have adopted artists like Chris Knight and Anders Osborne,
this native of [D] Tupelo, Mississippi is now often claimed as one of their [Am] own.
Here's Paul with a debut performance of the tune, [D] Mediocrity is King.
And this ain't mediocre.
Well, [G] we got a [D] new record coming out in [Am] August [Em] and there's a song on there [A] called Mediocrity is King.
[F] And I got the idea for this song when I [G] was watching Honey Boo Boo.
[C#m] And I realized [A] that we live in a world where you don't [F] really have to be talented anymore
[G] to be famous.
And there's a lot [A] of people on TV that in a previous era would not be allowed on television.
And these people are even [D] revered.
No disrespect to [Am] Honey Boo Boo.
She's a cute little girl.
I'd kiss her on the cheek if she's here right now.
[Em] So many [D] things that are not good.
It's like we've lowered the standard, not [G] just in music, but in our [D] celebrities, just in everything.
[A] And this is just kind of me ranting about _ [N] it.
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[D] I'm on a TV stage.
[A] Johnny Cash couldn't [D] get [A] arrested [Bm] [A] today.
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[A] Everything's changed.
I [D] can't say who's [A] to blame.
But [E] I do know [F#] one thing.
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[E] Mediocrity [A] is king.
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[A] _ _ The fireman down [D] the corner [A] drugstore.
They used to shake your hand [D] when you walked through the [A] door.
The red, white, and blue.
[D] It was our little [A] town.
Till the super center came [D] and [A] shut them [Bm] all [A] [E] down.
Yeah.
_ [A] Everything's changed.
I [D] can't say _ [A] who's to blame.
But [E] I do know [F#] one thing. _
[E] _ [D] _ _ [E] Mediocrity [A] is king. _
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_ [D] _ _ _ [A] When you don't expect much, [D] then you're never let down.
[A] You get the kind of government we got now.
_ Republicans and [D] Democrats are breaking my heart.
[A] I can't tell the [D] sons [A] of bitches [Bm] [A] apart.
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[A] Everything's changed.
I [D] can't say _ [A] who's to blame.
But [E] I do know [F#m] one thing.
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[E] Mediocrity [A] is king.
Whoa.
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[A] Everything's changed.
I can't [D] say _ [A] who's to blame.
But I [E] do know one [F#] thing.
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[E] [A] Mediocrity is king.
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