Biography:
The Wombles are fictional characters created by British author Elisabeth Beresford, originally appearing in a series of children's novels from 1968.
Wombles are pointy-nosed furry creatures (though the characters in the original books resembled ordinary 'teddy bears') that live in burrows, where they help the environment by recycling rubbish in useful and ingenious ways. This "green" message was ahead of its time in the 1970s, though shared at the time by the popular science-fiction programme Doctor Who.
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Tobermory’s Music Machine
[Intro]
F
[Verse]
F Gm Am B
Apart from the grommet cog adjacent to the jack
F Gm Am B
and the left handed mangle wheel protruding from the back
C F C F
if you bought it in a shop it would be cheap at half the price
B
for a phonographic, grammophonic, record playing, womble sonic
F C F
sound bearing contrivance or device.
[Chorus]
C F B F
when he turned on the power there was music everywhere
B F Ab B
it came out of the funnel and it flew through the air
C F B F
as the record turned around we were captured by the sound
A F
til the needle stuck x4
F
[Verse]
F Gm Am B
If tobermory hadn’t been so clever with his paws
F Gm Am B
he could never have invented it or fitted it with drawers
C F C F
it was put together carefully and painted red and green
B
this phonographic, grammophonic, record playing, womble sonic,
F C F
sound bearing contrivance or machine.
[Chorus]
C F B F
when he turned on the power there was music everywhere
B F Ab B
it came out of the funnel and it flew through the air
C F
as the record turned around
B F
we were captured by the sound
A F
Til the music stopped
getting slower and slower and slower and slower
and faster and faster and faster and faster
F
[Verse]
F Gm Am B
he was proud of all his efforts and his audio techniques
F Gm Am B
he studied books and everything for days or even weeks
C F C F
the sprocket laden in the spring had only broken twice
B
which was good for a grammophonic, record playing, womble sonic
F C F
sound bearing contrivance or device.
[Chorus]
C F B F
when he turned on the power there was music everywhere
B F Ab B
it came out of the funnel and it flew through the air
C F
as the record turned around
B F
we were captured by the sound
A F
til the spring broke
—————
classical interlude
END
[Intro]
F
[Verse]
F Gm Am B
Apart from the grommet cog adjacent to the jack
F Gm Am B
and the left handed mangle wheel protruding from the back
C F C F
if you bought it in a shop it would be cheap at half the price
B
for a phonographic, grammophonic, record playing, womble sonic
F C F
sound bearing contrivance or device.
[Chorus]
C F B F
when he turned on the power there was music everywhere
B F Ab B
it came out of the funnel and it flew through the air
C F B F
as the record turned around we were captured by the sound
A F
til the needle stuck x4
F
[Verse]
F Gm Am B
If tobermory hadn’t been so clever with his paws
F Gm Am B
he could never have invented it or fitted it with drawers
C F C F
it was put together carefully and painted red and green
B
this phonographic, grammophonic, record playing, womble sonic,
F C F
sound bearing contrivance or machine.
[Chorus]
C F B F
when he turned on the power there was music everywhere
B F Ab B
it came out of the funnel and it flew through the air
C F
as the record turned around
B F
we were captured by the sound
A F
Til the music stopped
getting slower and slower and slower and slower
and faster and faster and faster and faster
F
[Verse]
F Gm Am B
he was proud of all his efforts and his audio techniques
F Gm Am B
he studied books and everything for days or even weeks
C F C F
the sprocket laden in the spring had only broken twice
B
which was good for a grammophonic, record playing, womble sonic
F C F
sound bearing contrivance or device.
[Chorus]
C F B F
when he turned on the power there was music everywhere
B F Ab B
it came out of the funnel and it flew through the air
C F
as the record turned around
B F
we were captured by the sound
A F
til the spring broke
—————
classical interlude
END
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