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Intro: Bbm6, Am7, Bbm6, Am7, Bbm6, Am7, Gsus4/D
G Am7
This afternoon the ice-cream man
Bbm6 G
Has driven his magnetic van
F Em
From Angkor Wat or Isfahan
A7 C D Dsus4
To park down by the meadows
G Bbm6
The captain of a pirate ship
Am7 Em
He struggles hard to keep his grip
C F
With cannonades of strawb'ry whip
Bb Eb7 Gsus4/D G
Delivered through the windows
G Am7
A British Bedford Dormobile
Bbm6 G
Done over pink for eye appeal
F Em
With rainbow discs on every wheel
A7 C D Dsus4
It makes a magic wagon
G Bbm6
A mass of metal glorified
Am7 Em
Sesame thrown open wide
C F
And this amazing man inside
Bb Eb7 Gsus4/D G
Fantastic as a dragon
G Am7
It must be standing on tiptoe
Bbm6 G
And reaching up to trade your dough
F Em
For scoops of Technicolor snow
A7 C D Dsus4
That makes the man look royal
G Bbm6
To me he looks a normal bloke
Am7 Em
With a second line in lukewarm Coke
C F
Busting for a decent smoke
Bb Eb7 Gsus4/D G
To break the round of toil
G Am7
I guess I've got a jaundiced eye
Bbm6 G
The children never spot the lie
F Em
They're queueing up and reaching high
A7 C D Dsus4
For something that tastes lovely
G Bbm6
Neapolitan wafers make the day
Am7 Em
The king is in his castle gay
C F
And they're behind him all the way
Bb Eb7 Gsus4/D G
Below me they're above me
G Am7
Who'd guess from how they make a meal
Bbm6 G
With darting tongue and teeth of steel
F Em
From a mess of frigid cochineal
A7 C D Dsus4
That they were born to sorrow
G Bbm6
Gone to dust the age of kings
Am7 Em
Lost the taste for simple things
C F
If only time would give me wings
Bb Eb7 Gsus4/D G
I'd double back tomorrow
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