Just A Shanty In An Old Shanty Town

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 E7 A7 D7 D#dim D9 D7 It's only a shanty in old shanty town, it's roof is so slanty, it touches the ground G G7 C C7 But my tum - bled down shack, by an old railroad track D D7 G G7 Like a millionaire's mansion is calling me back C E7 A7 D7 D#dim D9 D7 I'd give up my palace if I were a king, it's more than a palace - it's my ev'rything F Fm C -E7 - A7 There's a queen waiting there, in a sil-very crown Dm7 G - G7 - C Cdim - Dm7 - G7 In a shanty in old shanty town C E7 There's a shanty in a track an' although it's just a shack A7 D7 There's a G.I. loan, gotta pay it back, the paint's brand new, D#dim D9 but the loan is overdue, and I'm gonna, blow my stack G G7 C C7 It's a knocked-out pad, but the neighbors are mad, 'cause the cat next door is a swingin' lad D D7 G G7 Out o' my mind most all o' the time, this squaresville settlement's drivin' me mad C E7 A7 I'd be just as sassy as Trigger or Lassie, I wouldn't even pay my union dues D7 D#dim D9 A toast to all, let's have a ball, hi-fi records blow rhythm and blues F Fm C - E7 - A7 Gotta queen waitin' there in a contour chair, gave up rockin' 'cause she's no square Dm7 G - G7 But I'm jumpin' up and down an' I'm actin' like a clown - C NC... Cdim - Dm7 - G7 'Cause I gotta get back to my shanty town C E7 A7 D7 D#dim D9 D7 I'd give up my palace if I were a king, it's more than a palace - it's my ev'rything F Fm C -E7 - A7 There's a queen waiting there, in a sil-very crown Dm7 G - G7 - C Cdim C In a shanty in old shanty town