Chords for Neil Innes - How Sweet to be an Idiot

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[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] How sweet [Bm] to [Em] be an idiot, [G] _ [C] as harmless [Em] _ [A] as a cloud,
_ [Em] Too small to [B] hide the sun, _ [Am] almost poking fun,
[G] At the warm but [Em] insecure [Am] untidy crowd.
[D] How _ [G] sweet [Bm] to [Em] be an idiot, [G] _ [C] and dip [Em] my [C#] brain in joy,
[C] _ [Em] Children laughing [B] at my back, [Am] with no fear [D] of attack,
[G] As much [Em] retaliation [Am] as a toy.
[D] _ [G] How sweet [Bm] _ [Em] to be an idiot, [D] _ [G] how sweet, [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I'd tiptoe down the street,
Smile at every one [G] I meet, _
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_ but suddenly a scream,
[B] Smashes through my dreams.
[E] Beep-bye, fool-fool, I smell the blood of an aside love.
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [F#] _ _
[F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] Hey you, [C] you sold your pen, [F#] you got as much [F] brain as a dead ass,
[E] As much imagination as a caravan's height,
[D] But I still love you, _ still love you, ooh, [G] how sweet,
[Bm] To be [Em] an idiot, _
[D] how [G] sweet.
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