Jimmy Buffett

Pencil Thin Moustache(Chords)

Jimmy Buffett

Key: Eb

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Intro: Eb  G7  C7  F7  Bb  Eb   
  
Eb                 G7                       C7  
Now they're makin' movies in old black and white,  
         F7                                 Bb7  
With happy endings where nobody fights  
     Eb                     G7             C7  
So if you find yourself in that nostalgic rage,  
F7                                      Bb7  
Honey jump right up and show your age  
  
  Eb                G7                        C7                        Bb7  
Eb  
I wish I had a pencil thin moustache, the Boston Blackie kind  
  Eb                      G7         C7  
A two tone Ricky Ricardo jacket,  
                 F7                                Bb7  
And an autographed picture of Andy Devine  
  
    Eb                                      Eb7              Ab  
I remember being buck toothed and skinny,  
                    Adim  
Writing fan letters to Sky's niece Penny  
           Eb                G7                       C7  
Well I wish I had a pencil thin moustache,  
         F7                             Bb7          Eb  
Then I could solve some mysteries too.  
  
              Fm               C                  Fm             C  
There's Bandstand, Disneyland, growin' up fast,  
Fm                 C        Fm  
Drinkin' on a fake ID yeah  
Gm                D                Gm                 D  
Rama of the jungle was ev ' ry - one's Bwana,  
         Bb7  
But only jazz musicians were smokin' marijuana  
  
  Eb                G7                       C7            F7  
Bb7          Eb  
I wish I had a pencil thin moustache, then I could solve some mysteries too.  
  
PENCIL THIN MOUSTACHE  
  
              Fm          C                Fm           C  
There's Flat-Top, Dirty Bop, coppin' a feel,  
Fm                   C                 Fm  
Grubbin' on the living room floor, so sore, yeah  
Gm                     D                    Gm             D  
Send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge,  
      Bb7                            Bb7  
But all you want to do is learn how to score, yeah  
Eb                     G7           C7  
Now I'm gettin' old, don't wear underwear.  
F7                                      Bb  
I don't go to church and I don't cut my hair  
      Eb              G7                C7  
F7             Bb        Eb  
But I can go to movies and see it all there just the way that it used to be.  
  
  Eb                G7                       C7            F7        Bb7  
Eb  
I wish I had a pencil thin moustache, the Boston Blackie kind  
   Eb                   G7          C7                          F7  
Bb7  
A two tone Ricky Ricardo jacket, and an autographed picture of Andy  
Devine  
  Eb                          Eb7                                  Ab  
Adim  
I could be anyone I wanted to be, the suave Errol Flynn or the sheik of  
Araby  
     Eb             G7                       C7            F7  
Bb7      Eb  
If I only had a pencil thin moustache, then I could do some cruisin' too  
yeah  
         Eb                                                         F7  
Bb7      Eb  
Bryl l -  cream a little dab'll do ya     yeah    I could do some cruisin'  
too.  

	        

Written by Jimmy Buffett

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