Standard (EADGBE)

Now they make new movies in old black and white

With happy endings, where nobody fights

 So if you find yourself in that nostalgic rage

 Honey, jump right up and show your age

Chorus

  I wish I had a pencil thin mustache

  The "Boston Blackie" kind

  A two toned Ricky Ricardo jacket

  And an autographed picture of Andy Devine

  Oh I remember bein' buck-toothed and skinny

  Writin' fan letters to Sky's niece Penny

  Oh I wish I had a pencil thin mustache

  Then I could solve some mysteries too

 Oh it's Bandstand, Disneyland, growin' up fast

Drinkin' on a fake I.D.

 And Rama of the jungle was everyone's Bawana

 But only jazz musicians were smokin' marijuana

 Yeah, I wish I had a pencil thin mustache

 then I could solve some mysteries too

(same as above chords with this verse)

But then it's flat top, dirty bob, coppin' a feel

Grubbin' on the livin' room floor (so sore)

Yeah, they send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge,

But all you want to do is learn how to score

 Yeah, but now I'm gettin' old, don't wear underwear

 I don't go to church and I don't cut my hair

 But I can go to movies and see it all there

 Just the way that it used to be

Chorus

That's why I wish I had a pencil thin mustache

The "Boston Blackie" kind, a two-toned Ricky Ricardo jacket

And an autographed picture of Andy Devine

Oh, I could be anyone I wanted to be

Maybe suave Errol Flynn or a Sheik of Araby

If I only had a pencil thin mustache

Then I could do some cruisin' too

  Yeah, Bryl-cream, a little dab'll do yah

  Oh, I could do some cruisin' too

Chord diagrams: E7 - |o2o1oo| A7 - |xo2o2o|