marvelous toy
marvelous toy

marvelous toy easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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    • Verse 1
    When 
    I 
    was 
    just 
    a wee 

    little 
    lad 
    full 
    of 
    health 
    and 
    joy, 

    My 
    father 
    homeward 
    came 
    one 

    night 
    and 
    gave 
    to me 
    a toy. 

    A won
    der 
    to 
    be
    hold, 
    it was, 

    with 
    many 
    colors 
    bright, 

    And 
    the moment 
    I 
    laid 
    eyes 
    on 
    it it 

    be
    came my 
    heart's 
    delight 

    It 
    went "zip" 
    Verse 2
    when 
    it moved 

    and 
    "bop" 
    when it 
    stopped, 

    And 
    "whirr" 
    when 
    it stood 
    still. 

    I never 
    knew 
    just 
    what it 
    was 

    and 
    I 
    guess 
    I 
    never 
    will 

    Verse 3
    The first 
    time 
    that 
    I 
    picked 
    it up, 

    I had 
    a 
    big 
    sur
    prise, 

    For 
    right 
    on 
    its bottom 
    were two 

    big 
    buttons 
    that, 

    Looked 
    like big 
    green 
    eyes. 

    I first 
    pushed 
    one 
    and 
    then 
    the 
    other, 

    and 
    then I 
    twisted 
    its 
    lid, 

    And when I 
    set 
    it 
    down 
    again, 

    this 
    is 
    what it 
    did 

    Verse 4
    It 
    went 
    "zip" 
    when it 
    moved 
    and 

    "bop" 
    when it 
    stopped, 

    And 
    "whirr" when 
    it stood 
    still. 

    I 
    never 
    knew 
    just 
    what it 
    was 

    and 
    I 
    guess 
    I 
    never 
    will 

    Verse 5
    It first 
    marched 
    left 
    and 

    then 
    marched 
    right, 

    And 
    then 
    marched 
    under 
    a chair. 

    And 
    when 
    l looked 
    where 
    it had 
    gone, 

    it 
    wasn't 
    even 
    there. 

    I star
    ted 
    to 
    sob 
    and my 
    daddy 
    laughed, 

    for 
    he 
    knew 
    that I 
    would find
    , 

    When l 
    turned 
    around, 
    my mar
    velous 
    toy, 

    chugging 
    from 
    be
    hind. 

    Verse 6
    It 
    went 
    "zip" when 
    it 
    moved 
    and 

    "bop" 
    when it 
    stopped, 

    And 
    "whirr" 
    when it stood 
    still. 

    I 
    never 
    knew 
    just 
    what it 
    was 
    and 
    I 
    guess 

    I 
    never 
    will 

    Verse 7

    Well, 
    the years 
    have gone 
    by 
    too quickly, 

    it seems, 

    I have 
    my 
    own 
    little boy. 

    And 
    yesterday 
    I gave 
    to 
    him my 

    mar
    velous 
    little 
    toy. 

    His 
    eyes 
    nearly 
    popped 

    right 
    out 
    of his head, 

    And 
    he 
    gave 
    a squeal 
    of glee. 

    Neither 
    one 
    of us knows 
    just 
    what it 
    is, 

    But he 
    loves 
    it, 
    just 
    like me. 

    It still 
    goes 
    Verse 8
    "zip" 
    when it 
    moves, 

    "bop" 
    when it 
    stops, 

    And 
    "whirr" when 
    it stands 
    still. 

    I 
    never 
    knew 
    just 
    what it 
    was, 

    And 
    I 
    guess 
    I 
    never 
    will. 

    I never 
    knew just what 
    it was, 

    And 
    I guess I never will. 

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