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Melanie Safka - Marvelous Toy
CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO:   C    G    D  G  
When I was just a Dlittle girl
GFull of health and Djoy
One CChristmas morning GI received
A A7marvellous little Dtoy
A Gwonder to beDhold it was
With Gmany colours Cbright
And the moment I laid Geyes on it
It beA7came my heart's deDlight
CHORUS:
It went "GZip" when it moved
"DPop" when it stopped
"GWhirr" when it stood Cstill
I never knew just Gwhat it was
And I Dguess I never GwillC  G  D  G  
The first time that I Dpicked it up 
I Ghad a big surDprise
'Cause Cright on the bottom were Gtwo big buttons
That A7looked like big green Deyes
I Gfirst pushed one and Dthen the other
And Gthen I pushed its Clid
And when I set it Gdown again
A7This is what it Ddid: 
CHORUS:
It went "GZip" when it moved
"DPop" when it stopped
"GWhirr" when it stood Cstill
I never knew just Gwhat it was
And I Dguess I never GwillC  G  D  G  
It first marched left, and Dthen marched right
And Gthen went under a Dchair
And Cwhen I looked where Git had gone
It A7wasn't even Dthere
I Gstarted to cry, my Ddaddy laughed 
He Gknew that I would Cfind
When I turned around my Gmarvellous toy
A-A7chugging from beDhind
CHORUS:
It went "GZip" when it moved
"DPop" when it stopped
"GWhirr" when it stood Cstill
I never knew just Gwhat it was
And I Dguess I never GwillC  G  D  G  
INSTRUMENTAL:   (## same as verse ##)
               D  G  D  C  G  A7  D  G  D  G  C  G  A7  G
The years have gone by too Dquickly it seems
I Ghave my own little Dboy
And Cyesterday I Ggave to him
My A7marvellous little Dtoy
His Geyes nearly popped right out of his Dhead
He Ggave a squeal of Cglee
And neither one of us knows just Gwhat it is
But he A7loves it just like Dme
CHORUS:
It still goes "GZip" when it moves
"DPop" when it stops
"GWhirr" when it stands Cstill
I never knew just Gwhat it was
And I Dguess I never Gwill
I Cnever knew just Gwhat it was
And I Dguess I never GwillC  G  D  G  

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Marvelous Toy

by Melanie

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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Melanie Safka - Marvelous Toy

CAPO: 2nd Fret

C G D G

INTRO:

When I was just a little girl

G D

Full of health and joy

C G

One Christmas morning I received

A7 D

A marvellous little toy

G D

A wonder to behold it was

G C

With many colours bright

And the moment I laid eyes on it

A7 D

It became my heart's delight

CHORUS:

It went "Zip" when it moved

"Pop" when it stopped

G C

"Whirr" when it stood still

I never knew just what it was

D G C G D G

And I guess I never will

The first time that I picked it up

G D

I had a big surprise

C G

'Cause right on the bottom were two big buttons

A7 D

That looked like big green eyes

G D

I first pushed one and then the other

G C

And then I pushed its lid

And when I set it down again

A7 D

This is what it did:

CHORUS:

It went "Zip" when it moved

"Pop" when it stopped

G C

"Whirr" when it stood still

I never knew just what it was

D G C G D G

And I guess I never will

It first marched left, and then marched right

G D

And then went under a chair

C G

And when I looked where it had gone

A7 D

It wasn't even there

G D

I started to cry, my daddy laughed

G C

He knew that I would find

When I turned around my marvellous toy

A7 D

A-chugging from behind

CHORUS:

It went "Zip" when it moved

"Pop" when it stopped

G C

"Whirr" when it stood still

I never knew just what it was

D G C G D G

And I guess I never will

INSTRUMENTAL: (## same as verse ##)

D G D C G A7 D G D G C G A7 G

The years have gone by too quickly it seems

G D

I have my own little boy

C G

And yesterday I gave to him

A7 D

My marvellous little toy

G D

His eyes nearly popped right out of his head

G C

He gave a squeal of glee

And neither one of us knows just what it is

A7 D

But he loves it just like me

CHORUS:

It still goes "Zip" when it moves

"Pop" when it stops

G C

"Whirr" when it stands still

I never knew just what it was

D G

And I guess I never will

C G

I never knew just what it was

D G C G D G

And I guess I never will

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