Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy:Freddy Cannon.
#34 in 1960.
#1.
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Have you ever passed the corner of Forth and Grand?
Where a little ball of rhythm has a shoe-shine stand?
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People gather round and they clap their hands..
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he's a great big bundle of joy.
A# G# D# A#
He pops the boogie-woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.
#2.
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He charges you a nickel just to shine one shoe.
He makes the oldest kind of leather look like new.
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You feel as though you wanna dance when he gets through..
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he's a great big bundle of joy.
A# G# D#
He pops the boogie-woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.
CHORUS:
D#7 G# D#
It's a wonder that the rag don't tear..the way he makes it pop.
G# A#
You ought to see him fan the air with his hoppity-hippity-hoppity-
hippity-hop-hop-hop.
#3.
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He opens up for business when the clock strikes nine.
He likes to get up early when they're feelin' fine.
G# D#
Everybody gets a little rise 'n shine with the great
big bundle of joy.
A# G# D#
He pops the boogie woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.
(INTERLUDE:)
CHORUS:
D#7 G# D#
It's a wonder that the rag don't tear..the way he makes it pop.
G# A#
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.