Supermans Song Crash Test Dummies

Supermans Song

Crash Test Dummies

Dillon

344
Tuning Drop D (D A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: Bb
Capo:
Fret 3
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| C - G   -   | C - G - | D - - - | G - - - |
| - - Am7 G/B |

[Verse 1]
C   G   C          G
 Tarzan wasn't a ladies' man
C          G              C              G          Em
 He'd just come along and scoop 'em up under his arm  like
    D
that
Em            D          Am7
Quick as a cat in the jungle
D C          G
   But Clark Kent,
    C               G
now there was a real gent
C         G             C             G      Em         D
 He would not be caught sittin' around in no junglescape
Em             D        Am7  D
Dumb as an ape, doing nothin'

[Chorus]
C               D
 Superman never made any money
    G               Am7    G/B  C
For saving the world   from   Solomon Grundy
G
 And sometimes,
C             G                C           D
I despair the world will never see another man like him

[Verse 2]
C    G    C                   G
 Hey Bob, Supe' had a straight job
C     G                    C                   G
 Even though he could have smashed through any bank in the
 Em          D
United States
      Em
Well, he had the strength,
D             Am7
 but he would not
D C      G        C              G
   Folks said his family were all dead
C           G             C
 The planet crumbled, but Superman,
   G                 Em      D
he forced himself to carry on
   Em         D           Am7 D
Forget Krypton and keep going

[Chorus]
C               D
 Superman never made any money
    G               Am7    G/B  C
For saving the world   from   Solomon Grundy
G
 And sometimes,
C             G                C           D
I despair the world will never see another man like him

[Bridge]
Em   D       Em             D       C                     G D
  Tarzan was king of the jungle and lord over all the apes
Em    D        Em           D        C          G
  But he could hardly string together four words
 C       G        D
I Tarzan, you Jane

[Verse 3]
C    G
 Sometimes,
     C             G
when Supe' was stopping crimes
C     G               C               G
 I'll bet that he was tempted to just quit and turn his
Em         D
back on man
Em         D         Am7
Join Tarzan in the forest
D C    G  C               G
   But he stayed in the city
C        G                   C              G
 Kept on changing clothes in dirty old phonebooths 'til his
Em              D
work was through
    Em           D      Am7    D
Had nothing to do but go   home

[Chorus]
C               D
 Superman never made any money
    G               Am7    G/B  C
For saving the world   from   Solomon Grundy
G
 And sometimes,
C             G                C           D
I despair the world will never see another man like him

[Outro]
Em
  And sometimes,
C             Em               C           D
I despair the world will never see another man like him

Bars

[Intro]
| C - G   -   | C - G - | D - - - | G - - - |
| - - Am7 G/B |

[Verse 1]
      | C  G | C  G | C   G |
| C G | Em D | Em D | Am7 - |
| D - | C  G | C  G | C   G |
| C G | Em D | Em D | Am7 - |
| D - |

Tarzan wasn't a ladies' man
He'd just come along and scoop 'em up under his arm  like
that
Quick as a cat in the jungle
But Clark Kent,
now there was a real gent
He would not be caught sittin' around in no junglescape
Dumb as an ape, doing nothin'

[Chorus]
          | C - - - | D - - - | G - Am7 G/B |
| C - - - | G - C - | G - C - | D - -   -   |
| - - - - |

Superman never made any money
For saving the world   from   Solomon Grundy
And sometimes,
I despair the world will never see another man like him

[Verse 2]
      | C  G | C  G | C   G |
| C G | Em D | Em D | Am7 - |
| D - | C  G | C  G | C   G |
| C G | Em D | Em D | Am7 - |
| D - |

Hey Bob, Supe' had a straight job
Even though he could have smashed through any bank in the
United States
Well, he had the strength,
but he would not
Folks said his family were all dead
The planet crumbled, but Superman,
he forced himself to carry on
Forget Krypton and keep going

[Chorus]
          | C - - - | D - - - | G - Am7 G/B |
| C - - - | G - C - | G - C - | D - -   -   |
| - - - - |

Superman never made any money
For saving the world   from   Solomon Grundy
And sometimes,
I despair the world will never see another man like him

[Bridge]
      | Em D | Em D | C - |
| G D | Em D | Em D | C G |
| C G | D  - | -  - |

Tarzan was king of the jungle and lord over all the apes
But he could hardly string together four words
I Tarzan, you Jane

[Verse 3]
                     | C  G |
| C  G | C   G | C G | Em D |
| Em D | Am7 - | D - | C  G |
| C  G | C   G | C G | Em D |
| Em D | Am7 - | D - |

Sometimes,
when Supe' was stopping crimes
I'll bet that he was tempted to just quit and turn his
back on man
Join Tarzan in the forest
But he stayed in the city
Kept on changing clothes in dirty old phonebooths 'til his
work was through
Had nothing to do but go   home

[Chorus]
                                  | C - - - |
| D - - - | G - Am7 G/B | C - - - | G - C - |
| G - C - | D - -   -   | - - - - |

Superman never made any money
For saving the world   from   Solomon Grundy
And sometimes,
I despair the world will never see another man like him

[Outro]
                   | Em C |
| Em C | D - |

And sometimes,
I despair the world will never see another man like him

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