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There's A Pawnshop On A Corner In

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Words and Music by Bob Merrill - 1952

Reached the Billboard magazine charts in 1952 and lasted 17 weeks, peaking at #6.

Verse:
G          C	G	-            C	G
-           C	G         Gdim	Am7      D7	G          D7
Chorus:
G	Gmaj7	G6	G
D7	-	G	Am7      D7
G	Gmaj7	G6	G
D7	-	G	D7
G	Gmaj7	G6	G
D7	-	G	Am7      D7
G	Gmaj7	G6	G
D7	-	G	G7
C	Cm	G	D7
-	-	G	D7
C	Cm	G	-
A7	-	D         Ddim	D7
G	Gmaj7	G6	G
D7	-	G	Am7      D7
G	Gmaj7	G6	G
D7	-	G	(end)

6-beat intro.  Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

This song is in 3/4 waltz time.

_______

 

Verse:

Walkin' up and down, poundin' the cement,

Far away from home and I'm busted and bent.

 

Chorus:

There's a pawn shop on a corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

And I walk up and down 'neath the clock;

By the pawn shop on a corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

But I ain't got a thing left to hock.

 

She was peaches, she was honey and cost me all my money,

Cause a whirl 'round the town was her dream.

Took her dancin', took her dinin' till her blue eyes were shinin',

With the sights that they never had seen.

 

If you should run into a golden haired angel,

And ask her tonight for a date.

She'll tell you somewhere there's a rich millionaire,

Who is calling again about eight.

 

There's a pawn shop on a corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

And I've just got to get five or ten.

From the pawn shop on a corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

Gotta be with my angel again.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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