D               Am

[Verse 1]
D                       Am
Mary steers clear of the men from space
D                       Am
Back alley kid with the American face
C                       
She wants the wine, he brings a case,
G
To carry them on through

[Verse 2]
           D                          Am
I said you know what I know about the bedroom boys
      D                  Am                  
Undercover Russians in a pink Rolls Royce,
C
They bang the drum, she sets the beat,
G
They carry Miss America out into the street,
           F                   Am
She sings, scarecrow, snowman, John Doe, buffalo!

[Chorus 1]
D     Am
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go,
Em                Am
I got the arms to reach you
         C                           G
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) (Do Do Do Do Do)
D     Am
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow,
Em                 Am
I got the hands to teach you,
         C
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do)
G
Snowman sideshow (Do Do Do Do Do)


[Verse 3]
D                          Am
I fell out of love in the snow bound days
D                      Am
Riding the subway in a valium haze
C
I need the whites, she gets the blues
G
It carries us on through

[Verse 4]
D                              Am
All these American boys in the park n' shop
D                            Am
Selling their memories for a dollar a pop
C
Ivan the ancient spaceman race fan
G
Corners the market on American tastes
          F                    Am
And says, spaceman, scarecrow, peepshow, freakshow!

[Chorus 2]
D     Am
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go,
Em                Am
I got the arms to reach you
         C                           G
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) (Do Do Do Do Do)
D     Am
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow,
Em                 Am
I got the hands to teach you,
         C
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do)
G
Punk rock video (Do Do Do Do Do)

[Bridge]
Am              G

Dm                              Am
All the sudden light inside you dies
              Bb
Maybe you're going on alone
              F
Maybe you're going all alone
               C
She dreams of sunlight

Sings of smaller things
             G
White sugar bowls and wedding rings
       Bb
You're going on from me alone
       F
You're going on, you're on your own

[Verse 5]
D                          Am
She was married alive in a Moscow surgery,
D                   Am
Hoping to die in a cold war nursery
C
All of the kids back home believe 
G
In much more than we do

[Verse 6]
D                            Am
It's a memory play where the memory fades
D                          Am
Into pictures we took into records we played
C
Spy versus spy, scarecrow and I
G
Out across the darkness where the bomber jets fly
        F                    Am
Singing spaceman, smokeshow, scarecrow, geronimo!


[Chorus 3]
D     Am
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go,
Em                Am
I got the arms to reach you
         C                           G
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) (Do Do Do Do Do)
D     Am
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow,
Em                 Am
I got the hands to teach you,
         C
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do)
G
Snowman freakshow! (Do Do Do Do Do)

D     Am
Oh! I wish you wouldn't go,
Em                Am
I got the arms to reach you
         C                           G
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do) (Do Do Do Do Do)
D     Am
Oh! I guess you oughta kmow,
Em                 Am
I got the hands to teach you,
         C
I am the scarecrow (Do Do Do Do Do)
G
Listen on the midnight radio! (Do Do Do Do Do)