Jimmy Buffett – Pencil Thin Mustache (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

Words and Music by Jimmy Buffett Verses 2 & 3 should be played with bar chords, which allows the player to shift up the fretboard via the Ebm7.
[Intro]
   C          E            A7
e|----0------------------|------------------------|
B|-1----------0--3-------|-2--------3-----2-------|
G|-----------------------|----0-------------------|
D|-------2---------------|-------2----------------|
A|-3----------2-----2----|-0-----------0-----0----|
E|-----------------------|------------------------|

   D7        G            C         F/A  G/B
e|-0-2--3---------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------0--0-------|-1----1----1----3--------|
G|----------------------|-------------------------|
D|-0----0----------0----|-------------------------|
A|----------------------|-3----3----0----2--------|
E|-----------3----------|-------------------------|
[Verse 1]
C                 E         A7
Now they make new movies in old black and white

D7                         G
 With happy endings, where nobody fights

   C               E              A7
So if you find yourself in that nostalgic rage

       D7                G
Honey, jump right up and show your age...
[Chorus]
  C            E           A7
I wish I had a pencil thin moustache

D7          G       C
 The Boston Blackie kind

  C         E       A7
A two-toned Ricky Ricardo jacket

       D7                     G
And an autographed picture of Andy Devine

C                C7
I remember bein' buck-toothed and skinny

F                      Ab7
Writin' fan letters to Sky's niece Penny

      C            E           A7
Oh, I wish I had a pencil thin moustache

     D7                 G         C
Then I could solve some mysteries too
[Verse 2]
         Dm7        A7          Dm7         A7
Oh, it's Bandstand, Disneyland, growin' up fast

Dm7           A7    Dm7
Drinkin' on a fake ID

Ebm7      Em7          B7         Em7         B7
Yeah, and Ramar of the jungle was everyone's Bwana

    D7                       G
And only jazz musicians were smokin' marijuana

        C            E           A7
Yeah, I wish I had a pencil thin moustache

     D7                 G         C
Then I could solve some mysteries too
[Harmonica Solo] C E A7 A7 D7 G C C
C            E              A7
(Thin, thin, pencil thin moustache...)
D7 G C [Verse 3]
          Dm7       A7         Dm7       A7
Then it's flat top, dirty bop, coppin' a feel

Dm7             A7          Dm7
Grubbin' on the livin' room floor (so sore)

Ebm7 Em7             B7              Em7           B7
They send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge

    D7                    G
But all you want to do is learn how to score
[Bridge]
          C               E          A7
Yeah, but now I'm gettin' old, don't wear underwear

  D7                       G
I don't go to church and I don't cut my hair

    C           E          A7
But I can go to movies and see it all there

         D7          G7      C
Just the way that it used to be
[Chorus]
             C            E           A7
That's why I wish I had a pencil thin moustache

D7          G        C
 The Boston Blackie kind

     C         E       A7
Or a two-toned Ricky Ricardo jacket

       D7                     G
And an autographed picture of Andy Devine

    C                   C7
Oh, I could be anyone I wanted to be

      F                            Ab7
Maybe suave Errol Flynn or the Sheik of Araby

     C          E           A7
If I only had a pencil thin moustache

     D7              G        C
Then I could do some cruisin' too
[Coda]
      C
Yeah, Brylcreem, a little dab'll do yah

    D7              G        C  G  C
Oh, I could do some cruisin' too