Marvelous Toy

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Marvelous Toy - Tom Paxton
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    D            A7               
When I was just a wee little lad  
D                      G
Full of health and joy
   G               D              
My father homeward came one night 
    E            A7
And gave to me a toy
     D        A7                 
A wonder to behold it was with 
D            G
many colors bright
        G             D           
And the moment I laid eyes on it. 
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It became my hearts delight


Chorus:
        D           A7            
It went zip when it moved, bop 
            D                   G
when it stopped and whir when it 
stood still
   G              D               
I never knew just what it was and 
  A7            D
I guess I never will


The first time that I picked it up I
 got a big surprise
For right on the bottom were two big
 buttons that looked like big green
eyes.
I first pushed one, then the other, 
then I twisted its lid
And when I put it down again, here 
is what it did.

    Chorus

It first marched left, then marched 
right, then marched under a chair.
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And when I looked where it had gone,
 it wasn't even there
I started to cry, but my daddy 
laughed for he knew that I would 
find
When I looked around, my marvellous 
toy, just a'chugging from behind.

    Chorus

Well, the years have gone by too 
swiftly it seems, I now have my own
  little boy
And yesterday, I gave to him my 
marvelous little toy.
His eyes nearly popped right out of 
his head, he gave a squeal of glee
Neither one of us knows just what it
 is, but he loves it just like me

    Chorus


I've been doing this song for MANY 
years and (if I remember correctly
without my guitar in hand) generally
 play it in C but the chord 
progression
is simple enough to allow it to be 
played in whatever key fits your 
vocal
range.

Regards,
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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 03:24:22 
-0500 (EST)
Subject: Marvelous Toy by Tom 
Paxton..third try..first two no good


    The Marvelous Toy--Tom Paxton

    When 
C............G7.............C..................G7
I was just a wee little lad full of 
health and joy
    My 
F................C..................D7...........G7
father home-ward came one night and 
gave to me a toy
    A 
C............G7...............C.........F.........
wonder to behold it was, with many 
colors bright
    
..................F...............D7.................G7.
The moment I laid eyes on it, it 
became my hearts delight

    CH:
    It went 
C.......................G7...............
ZIP when it moved, and BOP when it 
stopped
    And 
C...................F.......................
WHIRRR when it stood still
    I
...................C...............G7...............C
 never knew just what it was And I 
guess I never will

  2)The first time that I picked it 
up I had a big surprise
    For right on it's bottom were 2 
big buttons that looked like big 
green eyes
    I first pushed one and then the 
other and then I twisted it's lid
    And when I set it down again, 
this is what it did     CH:

  3)It first marched left and then 
marched right and then marched under
 a chair
    And when I looked where it had 
gone it wasn't even there
    I started to sob and daddy 
laughed, for he knew what I would 
find
    When I turned around my 
marvelous toy, chugging from behind 
  CH: