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Shanty In Old Shanty Town

Lyrics by Joe Young, Music by Little Jack Little and John Siras - 1932

Verse:
C7	-	F       C7      Cm	D7
Gm      D7     Dm	E7	F	-
C7	-	F       C7       Cm	-
Dm	E7	Am             Adim	C7
Chorus:
F	A7	D7	-
G7	F#7	G7	-
C7                G7	C7	F       Bb      Db7	F                D7
G7       F      Bbm	G7	C7	-
F	A7	D7	-
G7	F#7	G7	-
Bb     Edim     Bb	Bbm	F                   A7	D7
Gm	C7	F	-       (C7 to chorus)

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

The above arrangement is in 3/4 waltz time as in the original sheet music.

Click here to listen to the chorus in 4/4 time (4-beats for each cell).

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Verse:

I'm up in the world, But I'd give the world,

To be where I used to be;

A heavenly nest, Where I rest the best,

Means more than the world to me.

 

Chorus:

It's only a shanty in old Shanty Town,

The roof is so slanty it touches the ground;

But my tumbled down shack, by an old railroad track,

Like a millionaire's mansion, is calling me back.

I'd give up a palace, if I were a king;

It's more than a palace, it's my ev'ry thing.

There's a queen waiting there with a silvery crown,

In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town.

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Listen to Larry Kennedy perform "Shanty In Old Shanty Town" (mp3)

Recorded at 39 Main Restaurant in Tiburon, CA - 1975

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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