Intro -x6-: C Am F G Am G When I was a young boy I went down to the county fair Am G Brought myself a nickel, bought a pickle, had change to spare Am G Thought I'd spend a cent or two to see what the robots could do C Am F G There were wires all around C Am F G Electrical sounds C Am F G Steam from their exhausts C Am F G Gears and coils all criss-crossed -Ah, ah, ah ha ha, Eay!- C Am F G Everybody's going to the clockwork vaudeville C Am F G Everybody wants to see the show C Am F G People crowd the door and scream and shout for more C Am F G While music and song fill the air F Clockwork vaudeville -Clockwork vaudeville- G Clockwork vaudeville -Clockwork vaudeville- Interlude -x4-: C Am F G Am G There were four metal people dressed oh so sharply Am G They sung and danced a catchy tune with automaton robotic ease Am G Their guitar strings hummed to the beat kept by their tambourine C Am F G Boilers making steam -ah ha ha ha ha- C Am F G Metal gleaming -ah ha ha ha ha- C Am F G Songs with a good tune -ah ha ha ha ha- C Am F G That would stick with you all through the afternoon -Ooo, ooo, ooo who who- C Am F G Everybody's going to the clockwork vaudeville C Am F G Everybody wants to see the show C Am F G People crowd the door and scream and shout for more C Am F G While music and song fill the air F Clockwork vaudeville -Clockwork vaudeville- G Clockwork vaudeville -Clockwork vaudeville- Am F G a man came up to me after the show, after the show -He had a moustache- Am F G And asked me if I'd like to meet the robots up close, the robots up close -Not programmed to bite- Am F G Well they greeted me and one sHook my hand, one sHook my hand -G#solutely cool- Am F G And asked me if I'd like to join his robot band, I said oh yeah Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-ah-ah C Am F G Everybody's going to the clockwork vaudeville C Am F G Everybody wants to see the show C Am F G People crowd the door and scream and shout for more C Am F G While music and song fill the air F Clockwork vaudeville -Clockwork vaudeville- G Clockwork vaudeville -Clockwork vaudeville- Am G Am When I was a young boy I went down to the county fair...
