The Mayor Of Candor Lied - Martyn Joseph Chords
Chords: Dm, F, C, G, Bb, Am, Em
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Genre: folk, pop, acoustic
Intro Dm
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F C
In the little town of Candor, in the last year of my youth,
G Bb
I learned the final lesson of the levels to the truth.
F C
My father was a farmer he'd go tilling in the ground.
G Bb Dm
My mother was a neighbor she'd go visiting around.
C
But I didn't care,
C Dm C
For I had found the answer to a plowboy's lonely prayer.
Am Dm
She was the daughter of the Mayor.
F C
The Mayor fought my courtship, for he'd made other plans,
G Bb
He saw her married to a better man than a boy with farmer's hands.
F C
I said -- I hate your father, it's so hard not to strike him.
G Bb Dm
She said --You know I love you because you're so much like him.
Dm C
And so I'd go sneaking in the evening,
Em Am F
And there she'd stand a crying in the dawn as I was leaving.
Dm
But the Mayor of Candor lied,
G
When he offered me his only daughter.
Dm
The Mayor of Candor tried,
G
To take her off across the water.
Bb G
What a thing to do to a young man in love.
Bb Dm
What a thing to do to your daughter.
Repeat intro
F C
One day with father on his tractor and mother off again,
G Bb
I go to find the mayor and work out what I can.
F C
But he is not at his office, he is not at his home,
G Bb Dm
When I find him in the countryside he is not alone.
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