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Where Have All The Average People Gone

By Roger Miller

Capo 2

C C/B F G C

C C/B F

The people in the city call me country

G C

Because of how I walk and talk and smile

C C/B F

Well, I don’t mind them laughing in the city

G C

But the country folks all say I’m citified

C C/B F

The fightin’ men may say that I’m a coward,

G C

Because I never push no one around.

C C/B F

Gentle people call me troublemaker,

G C

Because I’ll always fight and stand my ground.

F F/E

Funny I don’t fit,

Dm C

Where have all the average people gone?

Some pious people point and call me sinner,

Because to them I’ve never seen the light.

Other folks think of me as a preacher,

I’m just doin’ what I think is right.

The wealthy people think that I am a hobo,

Lean and hungry writin’ mournful songs.

And the poor, poor people think I am a rich man,

But really, I’m just tryin’ to get along.

Yes it’s funny I don’t fit,

Tell me, where have all the average people gone?

Capo up to 4

And the government has given me a number,

To simplify my birth and life and death.

And still my woman thinks I’m awful important,

Like moon and sun and sea and sky and breath.

Yes, it’s funny I don’t fit,

Where have all the average people gone?

Honey I don’t fit,

Where have all the average people gone?