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Pencil Thin Mustache

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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

Pencil Thin Mustache chords and lyrics

Free chords for Pencil Thin Mustache by Jimmy Buffett. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

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.
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Harmonica Solo]
C    E    A7   A7
D7   G    C    C
D7   G   C
[Verse 3]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Coda]

Pencil Thin Mustache Chords by Jimmy Buffett

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The chords for "Pencil Thin Mustache" show the original chord names (including C, E, A7, B, G, D). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.