How Sweet To Be An Idiot Cifras

Song: How sweet to be an idiot
Artist: Neil Innes
Composer: Neil Innes
Album: How sweet to be an idiot
 
Tabbed by: DJ  18th June 2013
 
The 'Beatlesque' title song from Neil's 1973 debut solo album.
 
To hear the song, copy and paste this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_OPpfaFlUI
 
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Please IGNORE ALL CHORD BOXES the website displays, they are
not my personal choices.Those diagrams are generated automatically
from the site's generic database and often do not show the
best options for a particular chord progression.
Please use the voicings suggested below in the text column numbers
 
G     = xx5433    Bm/F# = xx4432   B  = x24442    E     = 022100
Fadd9 = xx3213    Em    = xx2000   Am = x02210    Am/G  = 302210
C/E   = xx2013    Em7/D = xx0000   G* = 320003    D9/F# = 200210
Cm/D# = xx1013    C     = x32010   G6 = 320000    Fmaj7 = 133210
Dsus4 = xx0233    Em/B  = x22000   G7 = 320001    D7    = xx0212
D     = xx0232    Adim7 = x01212   A  = x02220    Gsus4 = 320013
 
N.C. = No chords   ^ = Emphasise the beats
 
See bottom of page for optional D#dim bass note run
 
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[Intro]
   G    Fadd9    C/E   Cm/D#     Dsus4          D
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
 
[Verse 1]
    G     Bm/F#          Em     Em7/D    C        Em/B      Adim7 [Riff]
How sweet------ to be an idiot,       as harmless...   as a cloud,
    Em                B    Am            Dsus4   D
Too small to hide the sun, almost poking fun,
       G         Bm/F#  Em         Em7/D  Am       Dsus4 D
At the warm, but inse - cure, un - tidy   crowd |  /  /  /  /  |
 
[Verse 2]
    G     Bm/F#         Em   Em7/D    C   Em/B            Adim7 [Riff]
How sweet----- to be an idiot,    and dip...  my brain in joy,
          Em            B             Am           Dsus4   D
Children laughing at my back, with no fear of at - tack,
   G         Bm/F#  Em    Em7/D     Am      Dsus4 D
As much re - tali - ation...   as a toy  |  /  /  /  /  |
 
[Verse 3]
    G     Bm/F#           Em     D
How sweet------  to be an idiot,
    G     Fadd9    C/E   Cm/D#     Dsus4         D
How sweet        |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ |
                    ^  ^  ^  ^     ^  ^  ^  ^    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
  D
I tip - toe down the street, smile at everyone I meet!
 
   G*     G6    G7    G6 G7 G6    G*     G6    G7    G6 G7 G6
|  /__/   /__/  /__/   /_/__/  |  /__/   /__/  /__/   /_/__/  |
   ^  ^   ^  ^  ^  ^   ^ ^  ^     ^  ^   ^  ^  ^  ^   ^ ^  ^
[Verse 4]
   A                  A                    B
|  /  /  /  /  |  But suddenly a scream ...smashes through my dream,
   ^  ^  ^  ^
E
Fee - fi - fo - fum, I smell the blood of an asylum!
Am                      Am/G                             D9/F#
   (Blood of an asylum?      But, mother, I'm playing so beautifully!
                        Fmaj7
Ha - ha!  Listen!  Ha - ha!)
E
Fee - fi - fo - fum, I smell the blood of an asylum!
 
[Verse 5]
     Am                  Am/G
Hey, you!  You're such a pedant,
       D9/F#                  Fmaj7
You've got as much brain as a dead ant,
   E                                   N.C.
As much imagination as a caravan site...
             D              D7
But I still love you, still love you, oo, oo!
 
[Coda]
    G    Bm/F#           Em     D
How sweet------ to be an idiot,
    G      Fadd9    C/E   Cm/D#    Dsus4      D   Gsus4   G*
How sweet!        |  /  /  /  /  |       How----- sweet------!
 
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[Ascending bass note riff- Verses 1 and 2]
 
     Adim7 Adim7/C Adim7/D# Adim/F#   (Notes in brackets optional
e |--2-------------(2)-----(5)----|   to play as full chords)
B |--1----(4)------(1)-----(4)----|
G |--2----(2)------(2)-----(5)----|
D |--1----(4)-------1-------4-----|
A |--0-----3----------------------|
E |-------------------------------|
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