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?