Year of the Teddy Bear
Elton John / Bernie Taupin
1967

G

			          C/G              D/F#
We have raised all our glasses to great men who've gone
          F	    C/E        G
But the greatest of all is the unmentioned one
				   C/G      D/F#
He's the king of the cupboard, the ruler of toys
     F           C/E           G
And now he will celebrate with all girls and boys
          A
And it's now

                        G          D/F#          G
So hail everybody, the year of the teddy bear's come
                           G    D/F#            A
The yellowest fellow that ever walked under the sun

G				     C/G         D/F#
He's in command of the space race in time and between
      F          C/E                 G
He's followed a world that's slowly gone into a dream
			  C/G          D/F#
With fire melting fever a doll dies in June
         F            C/E      G
They've sent all the soldiers away in balloons
        F          C/E           G
To the beautiful nursery that's built in the sky
F        C/E          G			     A
Made of vanilla and chocolate surprise, goodbye

C		       F/C             C
Tickertape welcomes of green plastic flowers
    C                   F/C          G
His umbrella eyes could lose me for hours
          A
And it's now

repeat chorus

G			  C/G             D/F#
The celebrated Mr. Bear appears to four thousand
   F                C/E           G
In Leicester Square tube station now
                              C/G                      D/F#
But the Golliwog standing in front of the fishmonger's ware
          F                     C/E 			  G
Has been paid by the maid to dispose of this troublesome bear
          F             C/E            G    A
It's not fair that it's here and it's now, now

repeat chorus x2