Pencil Thin Mustache Chords

Pencil Thin Mustache
Words and Music by Jimmy Buffett
 
Capo 2
 
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
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