Superman's Song Crash Test Dummies
This is 4 semitones higher than the original recording. Either capo on 9 or transpose if
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PS: All "D" chords are really D/F# if you want to be particularly picky.
Intro
Verse 1
[G] [D/F#] [G]
[G]Tar-[D/F#]zan, [G]wasn't a [D/F#]ladies man,
[G]He'd just [D]come along and [G]scoop them up [D]under his [Bm]arm like[A] that,[Bm] quick as a
[A]cat in the [Em]jungle.[A]
[G]But Clark [D]Kent, now [G]there was a [D]real gent,
[G] [D] [G] [D]
He w[A]ould not be caught sittin' aro-und in no jungle scape
[Bm]Dumb as an [A]ape doing [Em]nothing.[A]
Chorus
[G] [A] [D] [D/E]
[G]Superman never made any money, saving the world from Solomon Grundy,
[D] [G] [D] [G]
And[A] sometimes I despair the world will never see another man, like him.
Verse 2
[G]Hey [D]Bob, [G]Supe had a [D]straight job
[G] [D] [G] [D]
Even[Bm] though[A] he could have smashed through any bank in the United States
[Bm]He had the [A]strength but he [Em]would not[G]
[G]Folks [D]said his [G]family were a[D]ll dead
[G] [D] [G] [D]
Th[Bm]eir pl[A]anet crumbled but Superman he forced himself to carry on
For[Bm]get Kryp-[A]ton and keep [Em]going[A]
Chorus
[G] [A] [D] [D/E]
Superman n[G]ever made any money, saving the world from Solomon Grundy,
[D] [G] [D] [G]
And[A] sometimes I despair the world will never see another man, like him.
Bridge
[Bm] [A] [Bm] [A] [G]
[D]Tar-zan was kin[A]g of the jungle and lord over all the apes
[Bm] [A] [Bm] [A] [G]
But [G]he cou[D]ld hardly[A] string together four wo-rds: "I Tar-zan, you Jane"
Verse 3
[G]Some-[D]times when [G]Supe was [D]stopping crimes,
[G] [D] [G] [D]
I[Bm]'ll bet that [A]he was tempted to just quit and turn his back on man
[Bm]Join Tar-[A]zan in the [Em]forest[A]
[G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D]
But he stayed in[G] the city,[D] kept changing clothes in dirty old phonebooths
[Bm] [A] [Bm] [A]
Til his w[A]ork was rued and nothing to do but go on
Chorus
[G]Superman never [A]made any money, [D]saving the world from [G]Solomon Grundy,
[D] [G] [D] [G]
And[A] sometimes I despair the world will never see another man, like him.
Outro
[D] [G] [D] [G]
And[A] sometimes I despair the world will never see another man, like him.
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