Key: G
Introduction: G Cm D4
G Bm Em Em7/G
How sweet to be an idiot
C Em/B Ebº
As harmless as a cloud
Em B
Too small to hide the sun
Am Am7 D4 D
Almost poking fun
G Bm Em
At the warm but insecure
Em7/G Am Am7 D4 D Asus4/D D
untidy crowd
G Bm Em Em7/G
How sweet to be an idiot
C Em/B Ebº
And dip my brain in joy
Em B
Children laughing at my back
Am Am7 D4 D
With no fear of attack
G Bm Em Em7/G Am
As much retaliation as a toy
Am7 D4 D
G Bm Em D
How sweet to be an idiot
G Cm D4 D
How sweet
D
I tiptoe down the street
Smile at everyone I meet
G7/6 G7 G7/6 G7 G7/6
G G7/6 G7 G7/6 G7 G7/6 A
A
But suddenly a scream
B
smashes through my dream
E
Fee fi fo fum,
I smell the blood of an asylum
Am
Blood of an asylum?
Am/G
But mother, I'm playing so
Am/F#
beautifully!
F7+
Ha ha! Listen! Ha ha!
E
Fee fi fo fum,
I smell the blood of an asylum
Am
Hey you!
Am/G
You're such a pedant!
Am/F#
You got as much brain as a
F7+
dead ant!
E
As much imagination as a
caravan site!
D
But I still love you,
D7
still love you,
oo-oo-oo-oo-oo, how
G Bm
swee-ee-eet
Em D
to be an idiot
G
How sweet
Cm D4
How sweeeeeeeeeeee - *t *
D G4 G
How-ow-ow sweeeet
Fchºrd Gnºte.
Cchºrd Gnºte Estring
G G7/6 G7- G6instead G7/6