Chattanoogie Shoe-Shine Boy Harmonica Tabs

By Jack Stapp and Harry Stone
Key:C

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Have you ev-er passed the cor-ner of
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Forth and Grand
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Where a lit-tle ball o’rhy-thm has a
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shoe shine stand
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Peo-ple gath-er ’round and they
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clap their hands
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He’s a great big bun-dle o’joy
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He pops a boog-ie woog-ie rag
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The Chat-ta-noo-gie shoe shine boy

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He charg-es you a nick-el just to
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shine one shoe
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He makes the old-est kind o’leath-er
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look like new
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You feel as though you wan-na dance when
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he gets through
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He’s a great big bund-le o’ joy
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He pops a boog-ie woog-ie rag
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The Chat-ta-noog-ie shoe shine boy

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It’s a won-der that the rag don’t tear
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The way he makes it pop
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You ought to see him fan the air
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With his hop-pit-y-hip-pit-y-hip-pit-y
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Hop-pit-y-hop-pit-y-hip-pit-y-hop

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He o-pens up for bus-‘ness when the
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clock strikes nine
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He likes to get ‘em ear-ly when they’re
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Feel-in’ fine
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Ev-‘ry-bod-y gets a lit-tle rise ‘n shine
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With the great big bun-dle o’joy
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He pops a boog-ie woog-ie rag
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The Chat-ta-noo-gie shoe shine boy

It’s a wonder that the rag don’t tear
The way he makes it pop
Just listen to him fan the air
Here goes

He opens up for business when the clock strikes nine
He likes to get up early when they’re feelin’ fine
Everybody gets a little rise ‘n shine
With the great big bundle o’joy
He pops the boogie woogie rag
The Chattanoogie shoe shine boy

The Chattanoogie shoe shine boy