Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy:Freddy Cannon.
#34 in 1960.
#1.
EbHave (x43121@3)you ever passed the corner of Forth and Grand?
Where a little ball of rhythm has a shoe-shine stand?
AbPeople (xx1114@1)gather round and they clap their hands..
Ebhe's (x43121@3)a great big bundle of joy.
Bb (x1333x@1) Ab (xx1114@1) Eb (x43121@3)BbHe (x1333x@1)pops the boogie-woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.
#2.
EbHe (x43121@3)charges you a nickel just to shine one shoe.
He makes the oldest kind of leather look like new.
AbYou (xx1114@1)feel as though you wanna dance when he gets through..
Ebhe's (x43121@3)a great big bundle of joy.
Bb (x1333x@1) Ab (xx1114@1) EbHe (x43121@3)pops the boogie-woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.
CHORUS:
Eb7 (x32310@4) Ab (xx1114@1) EbIt's (x43121@3)a wonder that the rag don't tear..the way he makes it pop.
Ab (xx1114@1) BbYou (x1333x@1)ought to see him fan the air with his hoppity-hippity-hoppity-
hippity-hop-hop-hop.
#3.
EbHe (x43121@3)opens up for business when the clock strikes nine.
He likes to get up early when they're feelin' fine.
Ab (xx1114@1) EbEverybody (x43121@3)gets a little rise 'n shine with the great
big bundle of joy.
Bb (x1333x@1) Ab (xx1114@1) EbHe (x43121@3)pops the boogie woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.
(INTERLUDE:)
CHORUS:
Eb7 (x32310@4) Ab (xx1114@1) EbIt's (x43121@3)a wonder that the rag don't tear..the way he makes it pop.
Ab (xx1114@1) BbYou (x1333x@1)ought to see him fan the air with his hoppity-hippity-hoppity-
Bhippity-hop-hop-hop. (x2444x@1)
#4.
EHe (022100@1)opens up for business when the clock strikes nine.
He likes to get up early when they're feelin' fine.
A (x02220@1) EEverybody (022100@1)gets a little rise 'n shine with the great
big bundle of joy.
B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) EHe (022100@1)pops the boogie woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
