Chords for Tom Lehrer: The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be (concert live) (1960)

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[Bb] _ You may know this bit of personal history.
[N] A few years ago I worked for a while at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico.
I had a job there as a spy. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now, I guess you know that the staff out there at that time was composed almost exclusively of spies. _
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_ _ _ _ Of [G] one persuasion or another.
And while I was out there, I came to realize how much the Wild West had changed since the good old days of Wyatt Earp and Home on the Range.
And here [Eb] then is a modern cowboy ballad commemorating that delightful metamorphosis called,
The Wild West is Where I Want to Be. _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ Along the trail you'll find me loping.
[Ab] While the spaces are [Eb] wide open in the land of the old [F] AEC. _
[Fm] _ _ [Eb] While the scenery's [Bb] attractive and the air is [F] radioactive.
Oh, the Wild West is where I [Eb] want to be.
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Mid the [Eb] sagebrush and the cactus, [Ab] I'll watch the fellas practice dropping bombs through [C] the clean desert [F] breeze.
_ _ [Bb] I'll [Eb] have on my [Eb] sombrero [Ab] and of course I'll wear [F] apparel.
Leave [Bb] eyes over my lead _ [Eb] DVDs.
[Ab] I _ [Ab] will leave the city's rush, leave the [Eb] fancy [C] and the plush.
[F] Leave the snow and leave the [Bb] slush [Eb] and the crowds.
_ [Bbm] I will [Ab] seek the desert's hush, where the scenery [C] is lush.
How I [F] long to see the mush, [Bb] room of clouds.
[Gm] Mid [Eb] the yuccas and the thistles, [Ab] I'll watch the guided [Eb] missiles while the old FBI [F] watches me. _
_ [Bb] Yes, [Eb] I'll soon make my appearance, [Ab] soon as I can get my [F] clearance.
[Bb] Cause the Wild West is where I want [Eb] to be. _ _ _
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