Pencil Thin Moustache performed by Jimmy Buffett from the Album 'Living and
Dying in 3/4 Time'. Probe (EMI) ABC Records SPBAA-3070, 1974. Also on double
live album, 'You Had To Be There' ABC Records AK-1108, 1978. Australian
releases.
Words & Music by Jimmy Buffett
Transcribed by Mark Loring & Ian Kerr. Apologies if some af the words are
guessed, please correct if you know the song.
Pencil Thin Moustache
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 toned regular carnival 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 Bob, coppin' a feel,
Fm C Fm
Rubbin' on the living room floor, so slick 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 toned regular carnival 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
Arabic
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 - cream a little dab'll do ya yeah I could do some cruisin'
too.