Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Bac

G They passed an ordinance in the town They said we'd have to tear it down D7 That little old shack out back so dear to me G Though the Health Department said C It's day was over and dead G D7 G It will stand forever in my memory Chorus G Don't let 'em tear, that little brown building down D7 G Don't let 'em tear, that precious building down C Am Don't let 'em tear that dear old building down G C D7 G There's not another like it in the country or the town G It was not so long ago That I went tripping through the snow D7 Out to that house behind my old hound dog G Where I would sit me down to rest C Like a snowbird on his nest G D7 G And I'd read that Sears and Roebuck catalog G Oh I would hum a happy tune Peepin' through the quarter moon D7 As my daddy's kin had done so much before G C It was in that quiet spot, daily cares could be forgot G D7 G And it gave the same relief to rich and poor Chorus G Don't let 'em tear, that little brown building down D7 G Don't let 'em tear, that precious building down C Am Don't let 'em tear that dear old building down G C D7 G There's not another like it in the country or the town G Now it was not a castle fair But I could dream a future there D7 Build my castles to the yellow jacket's drone G C I could orbit around the sun, fight with Gen,ral Washington G D7 G Or be a king upon a golden throne G It wasn't fancy built at all; We had newspapers on the wall D7 It was air-conditioned in the winter time G C Oh it was just a humble hut but it's door was never shut G D7 G And a man could get inside without a dime Chorus G Don't let 'em tear, that little brown building down D7 G Don't let 'em tear, that precious building down C Am Don't let 'em tear that dear old building down G C D7 G There's not another like it in the country or the town