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– – – – JOHNNY LONG UPDATE YOUTUBE
By Tex Williams – Jazz update by Johnny Long – Rewrite by Robert Andrews
It’s [C] only a [E7] shanty in [A7] old shanty town, it’s [D7] roof is so [EbDIM] slanty, it [D7] touches the ground. But my [G] tum -[G7]- bled down [G7] shack, by an [C] old railroad [C7] track; Like a [D] millionaire’s [D7] mansion is [G] calling me [G7] back
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I’d [C] give up my [E7] palace if [A7] I were a king. It’s [D7] more than a [EbDIM] palace – it’s [D7] my ev’rything. There’s a [F] queen waiting [Fm] there, in a [C] silvery [A7] crown. In a [Dm7] shanty in [G] old shanty [C] town
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There’s a [E7] shanty in the town on a [C] little plot of ground, where the [E7] green grass grows all around – all around. There’s a [A7] G.I. loan, gotta pay it back, but the [EbDIM] loan is overdue, gonna, [D7] blow my stack
It’s a [G] knocked-out pad, but the [G7] neighbors are mad, ’cause the [C] cat next door is a [C7] swingin’ lad. [D] Out o’ my mind most [D7] all o’ the time, this [G] Squares-ville settlement’s [G7] drivin’ me mad
I’d [C] be just as sassy as [E7] Trigger or Lassie. I [A7] wouldn’t even pay my union dues. A [D7] toast to all, let’s [EbDIM] have a ball, [D] hi-fi records blow rhythm and blues
Gotta [F] queen waitin’ there in a [Fm] rocking chair, she’s [C] on my mind almost [A7] all the time; and I’m [Dm] jumpin’ up and down an’ [G] actin’ like a clown ‘Cause I [C/] gotta get back to my shanty town
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There’s a [F] queen waiting [Fm] there, in a [E7] silvery [A7] crown
In a [Dm7] shanty in [G] old shanty [C] town.
