Shoeshine Man Chords by Tom T. Hall

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Well, I met the man in Montgomery, Alabama.
I was waiting on a bus and he was shining shoes.
_ [E] And I heard him say, _ [G] I'm a shoeshine man, a number one in the land.
A [C] shoeshine man, make you [Gm] shine where you stand.
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Leave me a tip if you can, I'm a [G] shoeshine man.
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[G] Well, I can [C] sing, I can [G] dance, I can [C] play the [G] harmonica too.
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I got a brand new thing called the Southside [G] Montgomery Blues. _
[D] You better stick around and watch me, cause I'm an [G] entertaining fool.
I'm a shoeshine man, a number one in the land.
[C] A shoeshine man, make you shine [G] where you [C] stand.
[G] Leave me a tip [Gm] if you can, I'm a [G] shoeshine man. _
Well, I learned my trade from that rag-plopping daddy of mine. _
[C] He shined a pair of alligators, made a hundred dollar bill [G] one time.
Said [D] when that meat gets scarce, I shine two, three pair for [G] a dime.
_ I'm a shoeshine man, a number one in the land.
_ [C] A shoeshine man, make you shine where you [Gm] stand.
[G] _ [Em] So leave me [C] a tip if you can, I'm [Bb] a [G] shoeshine man.
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ I had a girl that helped me, she had a lot of hooch-coochie ways.
_ [C] She would bump and grind and paid that girl a [G] dollar a day.
_ [D] But she was shy on the edge and the law come and [G] took her away.
_ I'm a shoeshine man, a number one in the land.
A [C] shoeshine man, make you shine [G] where you [C] stand.
[G] Leave [C] me a tip if you can, [Bb] I'm a [G] shoeshine [C] man.
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