Artist: Country Joe Mcdonald
[VERSE]
[G]Late last night I was watchin' the tube,
When I saw the most incredible [D]thing,
[D]They built a new mechanical man,
Looked [D7]just like a human [G]being.
I started to become terrified, Good God it was makin' me [C]sick,
And then I began to [G]real[Em]ize, it was [A]no one but [D]Tricky [G]Dick.
[CHORUS]
Yes, it was [G]Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hur[D]rah !
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, [D7]hip hip hip hur[G]rah !
He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns, he does what a human [C]can,
It was Tricky Dicky from [G]Yorba [Em]Linda, the [A]genuine [D]plastic [G]man.
[VERSE]
[G]There is no "can't” in American,
Or so we once could [D]say,
But now our boys won't fight no [D7]more to bring us victo[G]ry.
Where are the mountain majesties above the fruited [C]plains ?
Who will come to [G]lead [Em]us in [A]our [D]hour of [G]pain ?
[CHORUS]
Why, it was [G]Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hur[D]rah !
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, [D7]hip hip hip hur[G]rah !
He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns, he does what a human [C]can,
It was Tricky Dicky from [G]Yorba [Em]Linda, the [A]genuine [D]plastic [G]man.
[VERSE]
[G]Oh my God, it's terrible here in the U.S.[D]A.,
[D]The water's polluted, the economy's crashing,
Can't someone [D7]save the [G]day ?
The war keeps going on and on, and the kids won't respect the [C]cops,
It's even said that [G]God is [Em]dead, [A]when will it [D]ever [G]stop ?
[CHORUS]
Well, it was [G]Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hur[D]rah !
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, [D7]hip hip hip hur[G]rah !
He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns, he does what a human [C]can,
It was Tricky Dicky from [G]Yorba [Em]Linda, the [A]genuine [D]plastic [G]man.
[VERSE]
[G]And across the garbaged highways, from the oil-drenched [D]plains,
Now we'll see a victory, [D7]America shall rise [G]again.
[G]Pass the word that the buffalo heard,
To the home of the free and the [C]brave,
It's Tricky Dicky from [G]Yorba [Em]Linda, [A]hip hip [D]hip hur[G]rah !
[CHORUS]
Why, it was [G]Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hur[D]rah !
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, [D7]hip hip hip hur[G]rah !
He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns, he does what a human [C]can,
It was Tricky Dicky from [G]Yorba [Em]Linda, the [A]genuine [D]plastic [G]man.
[OUTRO]
Oh yeah, the genuine plas[Em]tic man. [A] x3 [D] [G]
[G]Late last night I was watchin' the tube,
When I saw the most incredible [D]thing,
[D]They built a new mechanical man,
Looked [D7]just like a human [G]being.
I started to become terrified, Good God it was makin' me [C]sick,
And then I began to [G]real[Em]ize, it was [A]no one but [D]Tricky [G]Dick.
[CHORUS]
Yes, it was [G]Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hur[D]rah !
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, [D7]hip hip hip hur[G]rah !
He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns, he does what a human [C]can,
It was Tricky Dicky from [G]Yorba [Em]Linda, the [A]genuine [D]plastic [G]man.
[VERSE]
[G]There is no "can't” in American,
Or so we once could [D]say,
But now our boys won't fight no [D7]more to bring us victo[G]ry.
Where are the mountain majesties above the fruited [C]plains ?
Who will come to [G]lead [Em]us in [A]our [D]hour of [G]pain ?
[CHORUS]
Why, it was [G]Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hur[D]rah !
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, [D7]hip hip hip hur[G]rah !
He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns, he does what a human [C]can,
It was Tricky Dicky from [G]Yorba [Em]Linda, the [A]genuine [D]plastic [G]man.
[VERSE]
[G]Oh my God, it's terrible here in the U.S.[D]A.,
[D]The water's polluted, the economy's crashing,
Can't someone [D7]save the [G]day ?
The war keeps going on and on, and the kids won't respect the [C]cops,
It's even said that [G]God is [Em]dead, [A]when will it [D]ever [G]stop ?
[CHORUS]
Well, it was [G]Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hur[D]rah !
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, [D7]hip hip hip hur[G]rah !
He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns, he does what a human [C]can,
It was Tricky Dicky from [G]Yorba [Em]Linda, the [A]genuine [D]plastic [G]man.
[VERSE]
[G]And across the garbaged highways, from the oil-drenched [D]plains,
Now we'll see a victory, [D7]America shall rise [G]again.
[G]Pass the word that the buffalo heard,
To the home of the free and the [C]brave,
It's Tricky Dicky from [G]Yorba [Em]Linda, [A]hip hip [D]hip hur[G]rah !
[CHORUS]
Why, it was [G]Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hur[D]rah !
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, [D7]hip hip hip hur[G]rah !
He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns, he does what a human [C]can,
It was Tricky Dicky from [G]Yorba [Em]Linda, the [A]genuine [D]plastic [G]man.
[OUTRO]
Oh yeah, the genuine plas[Em]tic man. [A] x3 [D] [G]
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