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CLEVER NOT BEAUTIFUL ? Hawksley Workman
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Acoustic version of song on YouTube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgXgN_vQQjc)
Tabbed by: Pat Malavi
Email: pat.malavi@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard
E 022100
Abm466444
Bm X24432
Dm X57765
A 577655
C#m X46654
D2 XX0232
F#244222
D X577XX
A2 X02220
Verse 1
EAbmBmDm
Sharks follow my trail, and it won't be long
AC#mD2
They've fallen for the oldest trick in the book
Dm
It never goes wrong oh oh
AE
Mask and snorkel and a bottle of ketchup
F#mD
Oh those desperate old shark fins start to circle me in anger
Chorus
AE
Oh be clever not beautiful, oh be clever not beautiful
F#mDEA2
If your goal is plain survival well then be clever not beautiful
Verse 2
EAbmBmDm
Poets lock up your words, your tongues are all tied
AC#mD2
But let it read in every history book
Dm
That the poets all tried to
AE
Lull us with lilting, songs of a struggle
F#mD
To mountain up an ocean that we were something more than animals
Chorus
AE
Be clever not beautiful, be clever not beautiful
F#mDEC#m
If your goal is plain survival well then be clever not beautiful
Bridge
DF#m
Not like your face, as you roam in the garden
C#mD
Not as the earthworms gather beneath your feet
F#mEDE
You give it all away for free
F#mED
As we sun our winter bellies in your spring
Instrumental
EABDmACDDm
Chorus
AE
Ooh be clever not beautiful, be clever not beautiful
F#mD
If your goal is plain survival well then be clever not beautiful
AE
Oh be clever not beautiful oh be clever not beautiful
F#mD
If your goal is plain survival well then be clever
EAE#m
Not beautiful
DEA2
Be clever not beautiful