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


[Chorus]
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


[Chorus]
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


[Chorus]
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