Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy

Freddy Cannon

Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy:Freddy Cannon.
#34 in 1960.
 
#1.
C
Have you ever passed the corner of Forth and Grand?
 
Where a little ball of rhythm has a shoe-shine stand?
F
People gather round and they clap their hands..
       C
he's a great big bundle of joy.
            G                     F                     C  G
He pops the boogie-woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.
 
#2.
   C
He charges you a nickel just to shine one shoe.
 
He makes the oldest kind of leather look like new.
    F
You feel as though you wanna dance when he gets through..
       C
he's a great big bundle of joy.
            G                     F                     C
He pops the boogie-woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.
 
CHORUS:
C7    F                                  C
It's a wonder that the rag don't tear..the way he makes it pop.
    F                                    G
You ought to see him fan the air with his hoppity-hippity-hoppity-
 
hippity-hop-hop-hop.
 
#3.
   C
He opens up for business when the clock strikes nine.
 
He likes to get up early when they're feelin' fine.
F                                             C
Everybody gets a little rise 'n shine with the great 
 
big bundle of joy.
            G                     F                      C
He pops the boogie woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.
 
 
(INTERLUDE:)
 
 
CHORUS:
C7    F                                  C
It's a wonder that the rag don't tear..the way he makes it pop.
    F                                    G
You ought to see him fan the air with his hoppity-hippity-hoppity-
        G#
hippity-hop-hop-hop.
 
#4.
   C#
He opens up for business when the clock strikes nine.
 
He likes to get up early when they're feelin' fine.
F#                                             C#
Everybody gets a little rise 'n shine with the great 
 
big bundle of joy.
            G#                     F#                     C#
He pops the boogie woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.
 
 
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.