Clever Not Beautiful

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* single note walk-up


[Verse 1]
E        (F#)    G#m   Bm       
Sharks follow my trail -- and it
(C#)      Dm
 won't be long
A                         C#m
  They've fallen for the oldest 
                D               
trick in the book, it never goes 
    Dm
wrong, oh oh
A                      E
Mask and snorkel and a bottle of 
ketchup
         F#m                     
Oh those desperate old shark fins 
          D5
start to circle me in anger


[Chorus 1]
      A                           
Oh be clever not beautiful, oh be 
E
clever not beautiful
        F#m                        
If your goal is plain survival well
         D5     E         A2
 then be clever not beautiful


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[Verse 2]
E         (F#)     G#m   Bm    
Poets lock up your words -- 
         (C#)     Dm
your tongues are all tied
A                    C#m          
  But let it read in every history
 D                       Dm
 book that the poets all tried to
A                     E
Lull us with lilting, songs of a 
struggle
   F#m                             
To mountain up an ocean that we 
 D5
were something more than animals


[Chorus 2]
   A                        E
Be clever not beautiful, be clever 
not beautiful
        F#m                        
If your goal is plain survival well
         D5     E         C#m
 then be clever not beautiful


[Bridge]
              D5                   
Not like your face, as you roam in 
    F#m
the garden
           C#m                 D5
Not as the earthworms gather beneath
 your feet
    F#m          E       D5   E
You give it all away for free
      F#m            E            
As we sun our winter bellies in 
   D5
your spring


[Interlude]
E   G#m  Bm  Dm
A   C#m  D   Dm


[Chorus 3]
       A                       
Ooh be clever not beautiful, be 
 E
clever not beautiful
        F#m                        
If your goal is plain survival well
         D5
 then be clever not beautiful
      A                           
Oh be clever not beautiful, oh be 
E
clever not beautiful
        F#m                        
If your goal is plain survival well
         D5
 then be clever
E         A  Ab  F#m  E
Not beautiful
   D5     E         A2
Be clever not beautiful