Verse: 1 
             E         C#m           G#m 
I bet you're wondering what's in the case 
         D#         G#7             C#m       A          E 
And just why it has come with us to dinner on our second date 
           B7             Em 
When we're trying to have fun 


Pre-Chorus 
               Am 
Well I may be taller than some 
     G 
More handsome than some 
     C                    D 
Even darker than a select few 


       G           Em        Bm 
But it seems every goddamn eligible young man 
      F# 
Would give his left nut for you 
B7 
All I can do is play 


[Refrão]
 
E            B7    E 
Songs on the mandolin 
        B7         E           B7   E 
So I'll play you a song on the mandolin 
            B7       E          B7    E 
There'll be too many notes, but then again 
            B7       E              B7       E                 Am 
There ain't too many folks can play too many notes on the mandolin  


Verse: 2 
           E          C#m         G#m 
As you can see by the scattered applause 
           D#        G#7 
Some might say I'm a catch 
            C#m           A         E 
I hope that I've at least given you pause 
      B7           Em 
As we wait for the check 


Pre-Chorus 
           Am 
You may be sweeter than most 
     G 
More gifted than most 
         C                     D 
And much hotter than all but a few 


         G       Em            Bm 
But I'll go even God ain't the model of restraint 
F# 
showing you what he can do 
B7 
Doesn't mean you don't need 



[Refrão]
 
E            B7    E 
Songs on the mandolin 
        B7         E           B7   E 
So I'll play you a song on the mandolin 
            B7       E          B7    E 
There'll be too many notes, but then again 
            B7       E              B7       E                 Am 
There ain't too many folks can play too many notes on the mandolin 


Bridge 
           Am 
You may be calmer than me 
          G 
More well rounded than me 
    C                  D 
As over me as I'm into you 


          G       Em            Bm 
But ain't it a proven fact that opposites attract? 
  F# 
I can't play it cool--you can! 
  B 
I can't play along--you could! 
  G#7 
I can't play it safe--you do! 


    C# 
But you can't play yourself a 



[Refrão]

F# 
song on the mandolin 
                   E           B7   E 
So I'll play you a song on the mandolin 
            B7       E          B7   E 
There'll be too many notes, but then again 
            B7       E              B7       E 
There ain't too many folks can play too many notes 
            G#       C#m            F#       B7 
There ain't too many folks can play too many notes 
            B7       E              B7       E            Am 
There ain't too many folks can play too many notes on the mandolin 

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