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Acordes de The Mayor of Candor Lied
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin

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Intro 1
Am
Dm
Am
Dm


Verse 1
F

In the little town of Candor,
C

in the last year of my youth
G
Gm

I learned the final lesson of
Bb

the levels to the truth
F

My father was a farmer,
C

he'd go tilling in the ground
G

My mother was a neighbor,
Bb
Am
Dm

she'd go visit ing around
Verse 2
C

But I didn't care

For I had found the answer to
Dm

a plowboy's lonely prayer
C
Am
Dm

She was the daughter of the mayor
Am
The
Verse 3
F

mayor fought my courtship,
C

for he'd made other plans
G

He saw her married to a better man
Bb

than a boy with farmer's hands
F

I said, "I hate your father,
C

it's so hard not to strike him"
G

She said, "You know I love you be
Bb
Am
Dm

cause you're so much like him"
Verse 4
Dm

C

And so I'd go sneaking in the evening
Em

And there she'd stand a-crying in
Am
F

in the dawn as I was leaving
Am
Dm
Verse 5

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

And what a thing to do to
Dm

your daughter
Am
Dm
Verse 6

Am
F

One day with father on his
C

tractor and mother off again
G

I go to find the mayor to
Bb

work out what I can
F

But he is not at his office,
C

he is not at his home
G

When I find him in the countryside,
Gm
Am
Dm

he is not alone
Verse 7
Dm

He's holding a woman and ima
C

gine my surprise
Em

As she jumps back from his arms
Am
F

I look into my mother's eyes
Dm
Am

The mayor of Candor lied
C
Am
Dm
Em
Verse 8
F
G
Am

C
F
Dm

All my thoughts of outrage,
C
Dm

embarrassment and pain
G

Were washed away by what then
Bb

went roaring through my brain
C
F
Am

How the mayor's at my mer cy
Dm
C
Am
Dm

and I hear my own voice say
G

"Your run for re-election, sir,
Bb
A
Dm

sir, is one month away"
Verse 9
Dm


"And the world will never know
C

of what I've seen here, sir
Em

But I'll be with your daughter,
Am
F
Am
Dm

is my meaning clear, sir?"
Verse 10
Dm

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
Am

man in love
Bb

And what a thing to do to
Dm

your daughter
Verse 11
F

My mother looks in horror at this
C

compromise we made
G

But the mayor's rueful smile said,
Bb

"This piper must be paid"
F

I had a month of joy in heaven from
C

this deal I'd made in hell
G

What was to happen then, my friend,
Bb
Dm

a prophet could not tell
Interlude 1
Dm
C
Bb
Gm
Asus4

Dm
C
Bb
Asus4
Am

Dm
C
Bb
Am

Dm

Verse 12
Dm
Am

The day after his re-election and
Dm
Am

and the victory celebration
C
Em
A
Am
A

The mayor takes his family on a month-long
Dm
G
Dm

foreign foreign va ca tion

Oh Coleen, you know how
C

much I love you
Em
Am
F

There is no one I'd ever place above you
Am
Dm
C

Oh Coleen, you don't even know me
Em

To have you, there's nothing that's
Am
F
Am

below me
Dm
(But time,
Verse 13

but time)
Bb
C

But time always passes, after all
Em

And as the summer follows spring,
G
Am
F

so does the winter follow fall
Interlude 2
F
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am

Dm

Am

Verse 14
F

The day that they return,
C

I stand waiting in the road
G

I watch the car drive up,
Bb

I watch the passengers unload
F

Of course, she isn't there,
C

of course, I should have known
G

The mayor says that she has stayed,
Bb
A
Dm

the decision is her own

He says, "She's finishing her schooling
C

on that unseen foreign shore
Em

And I'll tell you very frankly, boy,
Am
F

you'll not see her anymore"
Dm
The
Verse 15

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
Dm

man in love
Bb

And what a thing to do to your
Am
Dm

daughter
G
Dm
F
Verse 16
G

Am
F
C

I spit out my hatred
Dm

and my fury at his lies
G

When he says, "You tried to blackmail me,
Bb

you're just as bad as I
C
F
Dm

Go on and do your damndest, boy,
C
Dm

throw your mother to the streets
G

You know it's been too many years
Bb
Dm

I had to be discreet"

And as he stands there saying
C

we're just two of a kind
G

It hits me like a thunderbolt ex
Dm

ploding in my mind
Dm
Verse 17

Gm
Dm

As I look into his leering, aged,
Gm
Dm
C
C

wrinkled mirror of my own face

He laughs and sneers and says,

"Of course, dear son
Em
C

Where do you think you came
Dm

from in the first place?
Verse 18
Dm


The mayor of Candor lied
G

When he offered me his only daughter
Dm

The may or of Candor tried
G
G

To take her off across the water
Bb
G

What a thing to do to a young man in love
Dm
Bb

And what a thing to do to your
Dm

daughter
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm

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