The Mayor of Candor Lied Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Dm][Am][Dm]

[Verse 1]
In [F]the little town of Candor,
in the [C]last year of my youth
I [G]learned the final [Gm]lesson of
the [Bb]levels to the truth
My [F]father was a farmer,
he'd [C]go tilling in the ground
My [G]mother was a neighbor,
she'd go [Bb]visit[Am] ing aro[Dm]und

[Verse 2]
But I [C]didn't care
For I had found the answer to
[Dm]a plowboy's lonely prayer
[C]She was the dau[Am]ghter of the may[Dm]or
[Am]The

[Verse 3]
[F]mayor fought my courtship,
for [C]he'd made other plans
He saw her [G]married to a better man
than a [Bb]boy with farmer's hands
[F]I said, "I hate your father,
it's so [C]hard not to strike him"
She [G]said, "You know I love you be
[Bb]cause you're [Am]so much l[Dm]ike him"

[Verse 4]
[Dm]
And so I'd go sneaking in [C]the evening
And [Em]there she'd stand a-crying in
in [Am]the dawn as I was [F]leaving
[Am][Dm]

[Verse 5]
The mayor of Candor lied
When he [G]offered me his only daughter
The [Dm]mayor of Candor tried
To [G]take her off across the water
[Bb]What a thing to do [G]to a young man in love
And [Bb]what a thing to do to
your [Dm]daughter
[Am][Dm]

[Verse 6]
One [Am]day with f[F]ather on his
tractor [C]and mother off again
I [G]go to find the mayor to
[Bb]work out what I can
But [F]he is not at his office,
he [C]is not at his home
When I [G]find him in the countryside,
[Gm]he is not [Am]alone[Dm]

[Verse 7]
He's holding [Dm]a woman and ima
[C]gine my surprise
As she [Em]jumps back from his arms
I look in[Am]to my mother's ey[F]es
The [Dm]mayor of Candor [Am]lied
[C][Am][Dm][Em]

[Verse 8]
[F][G][Am]
[C]All[F] my thoughts of out[Dm]rage,
embar[C]rassment and [Dm]pain
Were [G]washed away by what then
went [Bb]roaring through my brain
[C]How the may[F]or's at my mer[Am] cy
[Dm]and I [C]hear my [Am]own voice [Dm]say
"Your [G]run for re-election, sir,
sir, is [Bb]one [A]month [Dm]away"

[Verse 9]
[Dm]
"And the world will never know
of what I've [C]seen here, sir
But [Em]I'll be with your daughter,
is [Am]my meaning [F]clear, [Am]sir?"[Dm]

[Verse 10]
[Dm]The mayor of Candor lied
When [G]he offered me his only daughter
The [Dm]mayor of Candor tried
To [G]take her off across the water
[Bb]What a thing to do [G]to a young
man in [Am]love
And [Bb]what a thing to do to
your [Dm]daughter

[Verse 11]
[F]My mother looks in horror at this
[C]compromise we made
But the [G]mayor's rueful smile said,
"This [Bb]piper must be paid"
I had a [F]month of joy in heaven from
this [C]deal I'd made in hell
What [G]was to happen then, my friend,
a [Bb]prophet could [Dm]not tell

[Interlude 1]
[Dm][C][Bb][Gm][Asus4]
[Dm][C][Bb][Asus4][Am]
[Dm][C][Bb][Am]
[Dm]

[Verse 12]
The [Dm]day after his [Am]re-election and
[Dm]and the victory cele[Am]bration
[C]The may[Em]or takes his fam[A]ily on [Am]a mo[A]nth-long
foreign foreign [Dm]va c[G]a ti[Dm]on
Oh Coleen, you know how
much I [C]love you
[Em]There is no one I'd [Am]ever place [F]above you
[Am]Oh C[Dm]oleen, you don't even know m[C]e
To [Em]have you, there's nothing that's
be[Am]low [F]me[Am]
[Dm](But time,

[Verse 13]
but time)
But time always [Bb]passes, after [C]all
And as the [Em]summer follows spring,
[G]so does the [Am]winter follow [F]fall

[Interlude 2]
[F][Am][Dm][Am][Dm][Am]
[Dm]
[Am]

[Verse 14]
The [F]day that they return,
I stand [C]waiting in the road
[G]I watch the car drive up,
I watch the pas[Bb]sengers unload
[F]Of course, she isn't there,
[C]of course, I should have known
The [G]mayor says that she has stayed,
the de[Bb]cision [A]is her [Dm]own
He says, "She's finishing her schooling
on that un[C]seen foreign shore
And I'll [Em]tell you very frankly, boy,
[Am]you'll not [F]see her anymore"
[Dm]The

[Verse 15]
mayor of Candor lied
When he [G]offered me his only daughter
The [Dm]mayor of Candor tried
To [G]take her off across the water
[Bb]What a thing to do to [G]a young
man in [Dm]love
[Bb]And what a thing to do to your
[Am]daughter[Dm]
[G][Dm][F]

[Verse 16]
[G]
[Am]I sp[F]it out my hatred[C]
and my fury at his [Dm]lies
When [G]he says, "You tried to blackmail me,
[Bb]you're just as bad as I
[C]Go on [F]and do your dam[Dm]ndest, boy,
throw your [C]mother to [Dm]the streets
You [G]know it's been too many years
I [Bb]had to b[Dm]e discreet"
And as he stands there saying
we're [C]just two of a kind
It [G]hits me like a thunderbolt ex
ploding in my [Dm]mind
[Dm]

[Verse 17]
As I look into his [Gm]leeri[Dm]ng, aged,
[Gm]wrinkled [Dm]mirror of my [C]own [C]face
He laughs and sneers and says,
"Of course, dear son
[Em]Where do you think you [C]came
from in the [Dm]first place?

[Verse 18]
[Dm]
The mayor of Candor lied
When [G]he offered me his only daughter
The [Dm]may or of Candor tried
To [G]take her off across the wa[G]ter
[Bb]What a thing to do to [G]a young man in love
[Dm]And what[Bb] a thing to do to your
[Dm]daughter
[Am][Dm][Am][Dm][Am][Dm]