| D   F#7   | B7     | E   A   | D   A   |


[Verse 1]
D                 F#7       B7
Now they make new movies in old black and white
E                          A
 With happy endings, where nobody fights
   D               F#7          B7
So if you find yourself in that nostalgic rage
       E                 A
Honey, jump right up and show your age


[Chorus]
  D            F#7         B7
I wish I had a pencil thin moustache
E           A       D
 The Boston Blackie kind
  D         F#7     B7
A two toned Ricky Ricardo jacket
       E                      A
And an autographed picture of Andy Devine
D
I remember bein' buck-toothed and skinny
G                      A#7
Writin' fan letters to Sky's niece Penny
     D            F#7         B7
Oh I wish I had a pencil thin moustache
       E                A         D
Then I could solve some mysteries too


[Bridge 1]
          Em         B7          Em         B7
Then it's Bandstand, Disneyland, growin' up fast
Em            B7     Em
Drinkin' on a fake I.D
          F#m         C#7         F#m         C#7
Yeah, and Rama of the jungle was everyone's Bawana
    E                        A
But only jazz musicians were smokin' marijuana
        D            F#7         B7
Yeah, I wish I had a pencil thin moustache
     E                  A         D
Then I could solve some mysteries too


[Interlude]
| D   F#7   | B7     | E   A   | D     |
| D   F#7   | B7     | E   A   | D     |


[Bridge 2]
          Em        B7         Em        B7
Then it's flat top, dirty bob, coppin' a feel
Em              B7          Em
Grubbin' on the livin' room floor (so sore)
           F#m             C#7             F#m           C#7
Yeah, they send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge
            E             A
But all you want to do is learn how to score


[Verse 2]
          D               F#7        B7
Yeah, but now I'm gettin' old, don't wear underwear
  E                        A
I don't go to church and I don't cut my hair
    D           F#7        B7
But I can go to movies and see it all there
         E           A       D
Just the way that it used to be


[Chorus]
  D            F#7         B7
I wish I had a pencil thin moustache
E           A       D
 The Boston Blackie kind
  D         F#7     B7
A two toned Ricky Ricardo jacket
       E                      A
And an autographed picture of Andy Devine
    D
Oh, I could be anyone I wanted to be
       G                       A#7
Maybe suave Errol Flynn or the Sheik of Araby
     D          F#7        B7
If I only had a pencil thin moustache
     E               A        D
Then I could do some cruisin' too


[Tag]
      D
Yeah, Bryl-cream, a little dab'll do yah
    E               A        D
Oh, I could do some cruisin' too