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