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Thread #572   Message #817916
Posted By: Genie
04-Nov-02 - 01:30 AM
Thread Name: ADD: In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town
Subject: Lyrics/Chords Add: A SHANTY IN OLD SHANTY TOWN
Here are the chords I use for this song:

A SHANTY IN OLD SHANTY TOWN
 (Young/Little/Siras)

         G          B7          E7
It's only a shanty in old Shanty Town.
         A7            A#7*      A7
The roof is so slanty it touches the ground,
                  D                     D7
But that tumble-down shack
            G                   E7
By an old railroad track.
              A                   A7
Like a millionaire's mansion,
       D               D7
Is calling me back.

         G            B7        E7
I'd give up a palace if I were a king.
         A7              A#7*           A7
It's more than a palace, it's my everything.
                  C                      A7
There's a queen waiting there
             G            E7
With a silvery crown,
         Am7        D7                G
In a shanty in old Shanty Town.

I usually do the song rather slowly in 3/4 time, wchich is the way I believe the song was written.  Then I switch to a boogie-woogie, faster 4/4 time and play it again, faster.
 

*  Technically, the chord I slide up to from A7 is not A#7, but I don't know it's 'real name.'  I slide up one fret from A7 (002020) to a variant on A#7 (0030030) and then back down again.

Genie