C      E7       A7 
It's only a shanty in old shanty town; 
 
      D          C#7         D7 
It's roof is so slanty, it touches the ground. 
 
       G     D7         G7          C   G#7       C 
But my tum - bled down shack by an old railroad track, 
 
        D7     C           D7         G       D7     G7 
Like a mill - ion - aire's mansion is call - ing me back. 
 
     C         E7        A7 
I'd give up my palace if I were a king; 
 
      D            C#7         D7 
It's more than a palace ? it's my ev'rything. 
 
           F            Fm    Fdim  C     E7       A7 
There's a queen waiting there, in a sil - ver - y crown 
 
First time: 
 
      Dm7       G   G7     C      Cdim     Dm7        G7 
In a shanty in old shanty town. 
 
Last time: 
 
      Dm7      G    G7      C     E7     A7 
In a shanty in old shanty town, 
 
      Dm7      G    G7      C     Fdim     C 
In a shanty in old shanty town.