E  A B  E
If I was your Underdog and you were my Sweet Polly
I wouldn’t mind it if you called me shoeshine boy
But the way you treat me really ain’t too funny
Can’t you see I’m not a shoeshine boy?
I follow you around girl, you never see it
I think I’m invisible and you think I’m a tool
But if I had some spinach or maybe some tequila
I could rid myself of these jimmy olson’ blues

F#m  A  E   B
If I were your cartoon superhero
I could save you baby from the jaws of doom
F#m  A  C#m   B A B
But I’m not a cartoon superhero
So I’ll just play myself all alone in my room

E  A B  E
I know your name girl, I know your number
But every time I call up I can hardly breathe
And when I mumble something about my sweet sweet Polly
Sometimes you hang up and other times you scream
And I know it’s a little odd and I can’t blame your reaction
When you see me everywhere in the corner of your eyes
But it’s so hard to face your creation
With your perfect pouting lips and the hate in your eyes

F#m  A  E   B
If I were your cartoon superhero
Oh baby then I know you’d see
F#m  A        C#m  B  A B
I’d sound like James Earl Jones and I’d look just like Joan Miro,
and I could save you baby, from the likes of me

E A B E  x4

F#m  A  E   B
If I were your cartoon superhero
Then I think you might understand
F#m   A    C#m  B A B
I’m really not a freak, I’m really not a zero, I just want to be your man

E A B E
Yeah, I’m a shoeshine boy Yeah, I’m a shoeshine boy
Yeah, I’m a shoeshine boy
Sweet Polly Simon Bar Sinister shoeshine boy