In a town near A[G]lbuquerque[Am]
[D]Lived a most concerned young [G]boy
[G]He said lately I have [Am]noticed
[D]Folks don't live with peace and [G]joy
[G]With frowns and worry on their [Am]faces
[D]They're lost and don't know where to [G]go
[G]He said I'll get the people [Am]straightened
[D]By putting on a puppet [G]show
[G]The young New Mexican [Am]puppeteer
He [D]saw the people all [G]lived in fear
[G]He thought that maybe they'd [Am]listen to
A [D]puppet telling them [G]what to do
[G]You know he got some string and he [Am]got some wood
He [D]did some carving and [G]he was good
[G]And folks came running so [Am]they could hear
The [D]young New Mexican [G]puppeteer
[G#]First he carved out young [A#m]Abe Lincoln
[D#]Abe will teach 'em civil r[G#]ights
[G#]Then a King named Martin [A#m]Luther
[D#]So they'd recall his peaceful [G#]fight
[G#]Old Mark Twain, his wit and [A#m]wisdom
[D#]Will surely show them life is [G#]fun
[G#]But he smiled with satis[A#m]faction
[D#]When the Prince of Peace was [G#]done
[G#]The young New Mexican [A#m]puppeteer
[D#]He saw the people all [G#]lived in fear
[G#]He thought that maybe they'd [A#m]listen to
[D#]A puppet telling them [G#]what to do
[G#]You know he got some string and he [A#m]got some wood
[D#]He did some carving and [G#]he was good
[G#]And folks came running so [A#m]they could hear
[D#]The young New Mexican [G#]puppeteer
[A]Now his puppet shows were [Bm]clever
[E]And he made the people [A]laugh
[E]When he got across the [Bm]message
[E]To walk along life's open [A]path
[A]They built him his own puppet [Bm]theatre
[E]Decked out with spotlights yellow and [A]red
[A]And then they wrote him up in all the [Bm]papers
[E]And this is what the story [A]said
It said...
[A]The young New Mexican [Bm]puppeteer
[E]He saw the people all lived in [A]fear
[A]He thought that maybe they would [Bm]listen to
[E]A puppet telling them [A]what to do
[A]You know he got some string and he [Bm]got some wood
[E]He did some carving and [A]he was good
[A]And folks came running so [Bm]they could hear
[E]The young New Mexican [A]puppeteer
[D]Lived a most concerned young [G]boy
[G]He said lately I have [Am]noticed
[D]Folks don't live with peace and [G]joy
[G]With frowns and worry on their [Am]faces
[D]They're lost and don't know where to [G]go
[G]He said I'll get the people [Am]straightened
[D]By putting on a puppet [G]show
[G]The young New Mexican [Am]puppeteer
He [D]saw the people all [G]lived in fear
[G]He thought that maybe they'd [Am]listen to
A [D]puppet telling them [G]what to do
[G]You know he got some string and he [Am]got some wood
He [D]did some carving and [G]he was good
[G]And folks came running so [Am]they could hear
The [D]young New Mexican [G]puppeteer
[G#]First he carved out young [A#m]Abe Lincoln
[D#]Abe will teach 'em civil r[G#]ights
[G#]Then a King named Martin [A#m]Luther
[D#]So they'd recall his peaceful [G#]fight
[G#]Old Mark Twain, his wit and [A#m]wisdom
[D#]Will surely show them life is [G#]fun
[G#]But he smiled with satis[A#m]faction
[D#]When the Prince of Peace was [G#]done
[G#]The young New Mexican [A#m]puppeteer
[D#]He saw the people all [G#]lived in fear
[G#]He thought that maybe they'd [A#m]listen to
[D#]A puppet telling them [G#]what to do
[G#]You know he got some string and he [A#m]got some wood
[D#]He did some carving and [G#]he was good
[G#]And folks came running so [A#m]they could hear
[D#]The young New Mexican [G#]puppeteer
[A]Now his puppet shows were [Bm]clever
[E]And he made the people [A]laugh
[E]When he got across the [Bm]message
[E]To walk along life's open [A]path
[A]They built him his own puppet [Bm]theatre
[E]Decked out with spotlights yellow and [A]red
[A]And then they wrote him up in all the [Bm]papers
[E]And this is what the story [A]said
It said...
[A]The young New Mexican [Bm]puppeteer
[E]He saw the people all lived in [A]fear
[A]He thought that maybe they would [Bm]listen to
[E]A puppet telling them [A]what to do
[A]You know he got some string and he [Bm]got some wood
[E]He did some carving and [A]he was good
[A]And folks came running so [Bm]they could hear
[E]The young New Mexican [A]puppeteer
