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The Mechanical Girl by Voltaire
The Mechanical Girl
E
In the court of Augustine The Twelfth
B7
The king reprimanded his men
B7
And demanded they
E
Put to good use all his wealth
A B
to cure his deep ennui
E A B
For you see, he found that he was sad and lonely
E A
Ever since his wife, the queen, got mad and
B
Rode off on his steed
E A B x2 (underneath the cello/violin)
Finish with B Ringing
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E
In a glen beyond the castle wall
B7
There was a tinker
B7
And he was a thinker
E
The smartest man in all the world
A B
He made a mechanical girl
E A B
For you see, his daughter passed away that summer
E A
And though he knew he could not replace her
B
He missed his family
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(Staccato strumming)
Am E
Suddenly a knock at the door went ra-ta-ta-ta-ta
Am E
And the kingsmen came in blowing horns ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
Am
"By order of His Highness
E
We're to take you and that...thing
B
To present your marvel to the king."
E A B
And so, over glen and through the castle walls
E A B
Over the moat, and into the great castle hall
B B<-----let ring
When her master urged,
The robot girl emerged
E A B x 2
E
When the king laid eyes upon the girl
B7
He was delighted
B7
His men all were knighted
E
He yelled aloud for all the world
B A
"I'll take her for my queen!"
E
And the man screamed
E A
"Please don't take my child!
A B
I beg you, mighty king!"
E A
And they grabbed him by his tailcoat
B
And threw him in the moat
E A B
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(staccato strumming)
Am
Later in their wedding bed
Em
The king was shocked to see
Am
A tender kiss upon the cheek
Em
Unleashed an armory
Am
Rocket launchers and flamethrowing guns
Em
Grew from her sides
B B
And she grew to seven times her size
Run!
(strum each around 4 times, power chords are welcome too)
Em C G Fm Em B7 Em C B <---let ring
E A B x2
E
On the morn of August twenty-fourth
B7
He was dejected when lest he expected
E
A knock was heard upon the door
A B
It was his robot girl
E A B
For you see, he'd made her indestructible
E A
It seems and she destroyed that awful kingdom
B
And they lived happily.
E
So you see, the moral of the story is:
A B
Never take a child away from a loving parent
E A B
Especially not ones who make children who shoot rockets from their eyes
E A B till end
End on E
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