128

I'M NOT THAT SMART

from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Words and Music by
William Finn

Moderately (• = 108)
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Dmaj7 Dm7

I' not that

rit.

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a tempo

smart. My sib - lings have been tell - ing me that for

a tempo

Bm Bm/A E/G#

years,
that I'm not smart. We're schooled at
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a tempo

home. They see who's bright. breaks my heart. I'm

It not that smart.

a tempo

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(singing:)

Guess what?! You know what? Guess what! have

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D/A -3

which you'll all gree

ty,
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rut.

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freely

Ev 'ry one keeps swat - ting, "Dumb kid!" Ev - 'r one keeps yell - "Dumb kid!"

freely

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meno mosso a tempo

ing?

....?!!.PP
meno mosso

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a tempo

Dmaj7 Dm7
rit. a tempo
rit.

How? I don't know.

a tempo
rit.

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a tempo

like my hair. Real - ly, pleas - ant to the

it is

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sits. make
much.
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n't move; it sim ply
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Ва do ba de da
not that smart.
part. I'

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doo - dle do doo - dle do doo - dle da.

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I've forgotten the word.... A tempo ( = 108)

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(singing:) Dm7 Dmaj7 Dsu

9
might be smart. My

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... Bm Bm/A

sib - lings can't be - lieve that

I got right.
(But got
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right.) Right? thi

did - n't cheat. saw

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• 3- - 3-
3-

light and was neat. lik to laugh. like 1.

to spell. like to

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nev er hear the bell. And

if .
this

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Bm
3 3

tion's hell, fi
com- pe - ti
east nal - ly a part.

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Dsus/A
D/A

feel m heart be - gin to swell.

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A7

like...
love

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accel. Dmaj7 Dm7 Dmaj7
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spell!

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like a lot