Key: E major
Verse 1
E
Bbdim
Bb
Bbdim
Em
B
Got my
E
Fdim
A
veil and got my duster,
B
E
Fdim
got a yen for goggles when
E
A
Got my Hubbard gown firmly belted down
Am
E
C#m
A
to go out in your Stanley steamer.
B
E
Fdim
B
In a gale I never fluster,
Fdim
A
old familiar luster.
B
E
If you're dressed in style,
Am
E
when you're out in the
B
E
B
Stanley Steamer.
G#m
Baug
B
Baug
Honk, honk, honk, honk, honk.
D#dim
Baug
G#m
his charm,
Am
Baug
but he's looking at us with alarm,
F#
B
for it looks like he's back to the farm.
E
Fdim
F#m
But if you fail with your combustor,
B
E
then your speed is gon
Fdim
A
na need a new adjuster,
B
E
A
Am
And you must be just, just the one I trust
Eaug
C#m
E
no I won't take the ride
C
E
C#m
Bbdim
That you plan in your Stanley steam er
F#
F#m
A
C#m
That you plan in your Stanley steamer
C
E
In your Stanley steamer
A
E
Bb
E
automobile
C
F
F#dim
Gm
There she sat, alone, de jected
C
F
For a flat was something
F#dim
Gm
that was not expected
C
Dm
F
She began to sigh,
Dm
D
Dm
C
then she caught the eye
F
Dm
Gm
of a man in a Stanley steamer.
C
F
F#dim
C
It was not that she was stupid,
F#dim
Gm
got from Mr. Cupid.
C
Dm
A
It began to rain, then along the lane
Bbm
F
Dm
F
C
F
came a man in a Stanley steamer.
Dm
Am
Chug, chug, chug, chug, chug.
Am
E
She forgot the sky was overcast
Am
Eaug
C
Eaug
An d what happened
Am
Dm
C
is part of her past
F
D#dim
F#dim
But she vowed that she was nervous
C
Dm
D
So the crowd was not allowed
C
Dm
F
Now they both are hitched
Gm
Bb
And she's glad she switched
Bbm
F
Faug
From a thing she used to like
F
C
Dm
E
To the man in the Stanley steamer
Dm
E
The tandem bike has had its day
E
Am
find that they
Eaug
C
Dm
G
Poke along in an obsolete way
C
F
D#dim
I'm full of bright anticipation
Gm
C
Dm
Like a child who has a
D
wide imagination
Dm
C
F
Dm
And I wanna ride, wanna ride inside
F
Dm
Of the latest motor deal
Faug
Dm
Faug
Wanna sit behind the wheel
F
Dm
G
With a man in the Stanley steamer
Gm
C
Dm
With a man in the Stanley steamer
C
Dm
G
In the Stanley steamer automobile
F#
F
Dm
F
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