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Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy
Freddy Cannon
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Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy:Freddy Cannon.
#34 in 1960.
#1.
Eb
Have you ever passed the corner of Forth and Grand?
Where a little ball of rhythm has a shoe-shine stand?
Ab
People gather round and they clap their hands..
Eb
he's a great big bundle of joy.
Bb Ab Eb Bb
He pops the boogie-woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.
#2.
Eb
He charges you a nickel just to shine one shoe.
He makes the oldest kind of leather look like new.
Ab
You feel as though you wanna dance when he gets through..
Eb
he's a great big bundle of joy.
Bb Ab Eb
He pops the boogie-woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.
CHORUS:
Eb7 Ab Eb
It's a wonder that the rag don't tear..the way he makes it pop.
Ab Bb
You ought to see him fan the air with his hoppity-hippity-hoppity-
hippity-hop-hop-hop.
#3.
Eb
He opens up for business when the clock strikes nine.
He likes to get up early when they're feelin' fine.
Ab Eb
Everybody gets a little rise 'n shine with the great
big bundle of joy.
Bb Ab Eb
He pops the boogie woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.
(INTERLUDE:)
CHORUS:
Eb7 Ab Eb
It's a wonder that the rag don't tear..the way he makes it pop.
Ab Bb
You ought to see him fan the air with his hoppity-hippity-hoppity-
B
hippity-hop-hop-hop.
#4.
E
He opens up for business when the clock strikes nine.
He likes to get up early when they're feelin' fine.
A E
Everybody gets a little rise 'n shine with the great
big bundle of joy.
B A E
He pops the boogie woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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