Pencil Thin Moustache by Jimmy Buffett #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu (Mike Hall) Here it is. Got a lot more of these if anyone's interested. Be specific though, don't just say, "hey send some more Buffett...". Me and some other folks are currently working on a "Great Chords Compliation" of every Buffett song ever released. The lyrics are already completed. You can access via anonymous ftp to: ventura.cs.bsu.edu /pub/buffett/lyrics Email me if you have any questions. Later, Mike A. Hall -------------------------------- Pencil Thin Mustache ==================== By Jimmy Buffett D F#7 B7 Now they make new movies in old black and white E7 A7 With happy endings, where nobody fights D F#7 B7 So if you find yourself in that nostalgic rage E7 A7 Honey, jump right up and show your age Chorus: D F#7 B7 I wish I had a pencil thin mustache E7 A7 D The "Boston Blackie" kind D F#7 B7 A two toned Ricky Ricardo jacket E7 A7 And an autographed picture of Andy Devine D D7 Oh I remember bein' buck-toothed and skinny G Bb Writin' fan letters to Sky's niece Penny D F#7 B7 Oh I wish I had a pencil thin mustache E7 A7 D Then I could solve some mysteries too Em B7 Em B7 Oh it's Bandstand, Disneyland, growin' up fast Em B7 Em Drinkin' on a fake I.D. F#m C7 F#m C7 And Rama of the jungle was everyone's Bawana E7 A7 But only jazz musicians were smokin' marijuana D F#7 B7 Yeah, I wish I had a pencil thin mustache E7 A7 D then I could solve some mysteries too (same as above chords with this verse) But then it's flat top, dirty bob, coppin' a feel Grubbin' on the livin' room floor (so sore) Yeah, they send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge, But all you want to do is learn how to score D F#7 B7 Yeah, but now I'm gettin' old, don't wear underwear E7 A7 I don't go to church and I don't cut my hair D F#7 B7 But I can go to movies and see it all there E7 A7 D Just the way that it used to be Chorus: That's why I wish I had a pencil thin mustache The "Boston Blackie" kind, a two-toned Ricky Ricardo jacket And an autographed picture of Andy Devine Oh, I could be anyone I wanted to be Maybe suave Errol Flynn or a Sheik of Araby If I only had a pencil thin mustache Then I could do some cruisin' too D Yeah, Bryl-cream, a little dab'll do yah E7 A7 D Oh, I could do some cruisin' too ---------------------------------------------------- Chord diagrams: E7 - |o2o1oo| A7 - |xo2o2o| B7 - |x212o2| F#7- |xx432o| F#m - |244222| Bb - |113331| C7 - |x3231o-----| -----------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ()==u== || "People criticize us for writing songs | ________=//=______\____ || about sex and booze and drugs... but, | |\ //=== \, \ || sorry, that's the ballpark I play in." | | \ ( ) /|\ | \ || -bootleg of a 1975 San Fran. show | \ \ (@ )| | | __|__ \ ||=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=| \ \__~~__________________\ || Mike A. Hall | \ | JB - Live Tonight | || Choir Director/Church of Buffett-Orthodox | \|______________________| || "Marvin Gardens R.I.P." --- "RDWHAHB" | ------------------------------||-------------------------------------------- www.TAB6.com