[verso 1]

Am           G                    F           E
Come with me I'll Show you how to be a metal man,
         Am                G             F   E
When the gears are turning and the fires burnin'
         Am         G                  F               E
When the world tick around you, voices tocking all the time
         Am                        G            F                  E
When you live for sleep and you've never slept, because you cannot sleep
 
        Am         G               F              E
Colonel Walter was shocked when he heard from the Nile
       Am      G         F       E
Copper African Elephants turning hostile
      Am          G         F         E
So he built these wonderful automaton blokes
      Am       G             F            E
And a very big steam powered giraffe what smokes

[pré-refrão]

Dm                                   C
Now the war is past and over, we're left to sit and wonder
Dm                 Dm                 Dm
What is life? and what is real? and why do living things need feel-
E     E     E
Ing, ings, INGS! (here we gooo! ah 1,2,3)

[refrão]

         Am G            F  E
La da da da da, La da da da da
         Dm     C           F  E
La da da da da, La da da da da da
         Am G            F  E
La da da da da, La da da da da
         Dm     C           F  E
La da da da da, La da da da da da

[verso 2]

Am                G           F                 E
How'd you like to try pumping lead through your veins
   Am              G               F      E
Or have a heart so wet and cold it starts rusting
         Am         G                  F               E
When the world tick around you, voices tocking all the time
    Am                       G          F                  E
You live for feelings you've never felt because you cannot feel

[ponte]

    Am           G       C            E
And what is this leaking affecting my eye?
         Am          G             C         E
Does the oil that is dripping mean this is a cry?
      Am       G              Dm           E
Will I ever be something with feelings to hide?
      Am       G      C            E
Or am I just a boiler with nothing inside?

[pré-refrão 2]

Dm                C
I want all today, don't want to hear you say
             Dm                 Dm                 Dm
You can't do this, you can't do that, you're not a living thing with feel-
E    E     E
Ing, ings, INGS! (ah 1,2,3)

E       Am  G        E
Wind me up, turn the gears (Brass goggles!)
E       Am  G        E
Wind me up, turn the gears (Brass goggles!)
E       Dm  G        E
Wind me up, turn the gears (Brass goggles, goggles, goggles!)
E       Am  G        E
Wind me up, turn the gears (Brass goggles!)
 
Dm                C
I want all today, don't want to hear you say
  Dm          Dm          E
I love you, I love you, I love-love-love you

        Am         G               F              E
Colonel Walter was shocked when he heard from the Nile
       Am      G         F       E
Copper African Elephants turning hostile
      Am          G         F         E
So he built these wonderful automaton blokes
      Am       G             F            E
And a very big steam powered giraffe what smokes