• Song:

    Just A Shanty In An Old Shanty Town

  • Artist:

    Somethin Smith And The Redheads

Capo at 3rd, transpose +3,(or leave like this to sing with baritones!)
Ask if you want chord fingering help.  I skipped the little vocal intro on this one.

C (x32010@1)    E7 (020130@1)     A7 (x02020@1)                   D7 (xx0212@1)       D#dim (2312xx@1)     D9          D7It's (xx0212@1)only a shanty in old shanty town, it's roof is so slanty, it touches the ground
       G (320003@1)              G7 (320001@1)         C (x32010@1)           C7But (x32310@1)my tum - bled down shack, by an old railroad track
        D (xx0232@1)           D7 (xx0212@1)       G (320003@1)        G7Like (320001@1)a millionaire's mansion is calling me back

C (x32010@1)        E7 (020130@1)     A7 (x02020@1)                 D7 (xx0212@1)       D#dim (2312xx@1)       D9       D7I'd (xx0212@1)give up my palace if I were a king, it's more than a palace - it's my ev'rything
            F (133211@1)          Fm (133111@1)        C-E7 (x32010@1)-  A7There's (x02020@1)a queen waiting there, in a sil-very crown
      Dm7       G- (320003@1)G7 (320001@1)-  C (x32010@1)    Cdim- (2312xx@1)Dm7 - G7In (320001@1)a shanty in old shanty town

C (x32010@1)                     E7There's (020130@1)a shanty in a track an' although it's just a shack
          A7 (x02020@1)                               D7There's (xx0212@1)a G.I. loan, gotta pay it back, the paint's brand new,
        D#dim (2312xx@1)                   D9 
but the loan is overdue, and I'm gonna, blow my stack
         G (320003@1)                      G7 (320001@1)                         C (x32010@1)                 C7It's (x32310@1)a knocked-out pad, but the neighbors are mad, 'cause the cat next door is a swingin' lad
D (xx0232@1)                  D7 (xx0212@1)                   G (320003@1)                       G7Out (320001@1)o' my mind most all o' the time, this squaresville settlement's drivin' me mad
    C (x32010@1)                   E7 (020130@1)                 A7 (x02020@1) 
I'd be just as sassy as Trigger or Lassie, I wouldn't even pay my union dues
   D7 (xx0212@1)               D#dim (2312xx@1)      D9
A toast to all, let's have a ball, hi-fi records blow rhythm and blues
        F (133211@1)                     Fm (133111@1)            C (x32010@1) -  E7 (020130@1)   -       A7Gotta (x02020@1)queen waitin' there in a contour chair, gave up rockin' 'cause she's no square
         Dm7                          G (320003@1)    -      G7 (320001@1)But I'm jumpin' up and down an' I'm actin' like a clown
     -     C (x32010@1)   NC...                      Cdim- (2312xx@1)Dm7 - G7'Cause (320001@1)I gotta get back to my shanty town

C (x32010@1)        E7 (020130@1)     A7 (x02020@1)                 D7 (xx0212@1)       D#dim (2312xx@1)       D9        D7I'd (xx0212@1)give up my palace if I were a king, it's more than a palace - it's my ev'rything
            F (133211@1)          Fm (133111@1)        C-E7 (x32010@1)-  A7There's (x02020@1)a queen waiting there, in a sil-very crown
      Dm7       G- (320003@1)G7 (320001@1)-  C (x32010@1)    Cdim (2312xx@1) CIn (x32010@1)a shanty in old shanty town
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