G
Late last night I was watchin'  the tube,
                               D
When I saw the most incredible thing,
D
They built a new mechanical man,
       D7                G
Looked just like a human being.
                                                         C
I started to become terrified, Good God it was makin' me sick,
                    G   Em          A          D      G
And then I began to realize, it was no one but Tricky Dick.

[chorus]
            G                                             D
Yes, it was Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hurrah !
                               D7             G
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hurrah !
                                                                  C
He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns, he does what a human can,
                         G     Em         A       D       G
It was Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, the genuine plastic man.

[verse]
G
There is no “can't”  in American,
                    D
Or so we once could say,
                                D7                    G
But now our boys won't fight no more to bring us victory.
                                                   C
Where are the mountain majesties above the fruited plains ?
                 G    Em    A   D         G
Who will come to lead us in our hour  of  pain ?

[chorus]
            G                                             D
Why, it was Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hurrah !
                               D7             G
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hurrah !
                                                                  C
He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns, he does what a human can,
                         G     Em         A       D       G
It was Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, the genuine plastic man.

[verse]
G                                        D
Oh my God, it's terrible here in the U.S.A.,
D
The water's polluted, the economy's crashing,
               D7       G
Can't  someone save the day ?
                                                              C
The war keeps going on and on, and the kids won't respect the cops,
                    G      Em    A            D    G
It's even said that God is dead, when will it ever stop ?

[chorus]
             G                                             D
Well, it was Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hurrah !
                               D7             G
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hurrah !
                                                                  C
He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns, he does what a human can,
                         G     Em         A       D       G
It was Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, the genuine plastic man.

[verse]
G                                                       D
And across the garbaged highways, from the oil-drenched plains,
                         D7                 G
Now we'll see a victory, America shall rise again.
G
Pass the word that the buffalo heard,
                                C
To the home of the free and the brave,
                       G     Em     A       D      G
It's Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hurrah !

[chorus]
            G                                             D
Why, it was Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hurrah !
                               D7             G
Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, hip hip hip hurrah !
                                                                  C
He walks and he talks, he smiles, he frowns, he does what a human can,
                         G     Em         A       D       G
It was Tricky Dicky from Yorba Linda, the genuine plastic man.

[outro]
                         Em          A           D         G
Oh yeah, the genuine plastic man.        x3