Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back chords

They passed an [G]ordinance in the town

They said we'd have to tear it down
That little old shack out back so dear to [D7]me
Though the H[G]ealth Department said
It's day was over and [C]dead
It will s[G]tand forever in [D7]my memo[G]ry

[CHORUS]
Don't let 'em te[G]ar, that little brown building down
Don't let 'em t[D7]ear, that precious building[G] down
Don't let 'em tear that dear old buildi[C]ng dow[Am]n
There's n[G]ot another like [C]it in the country [D7]or the to[G]wn

It was not so long ag[G]o

That I went tripping through the snow
Out to that house behind my old hound [D7]dog
Where I [G]would sit me down to rest
Like a sn[C]owbird on his nest
And I'd[G] read that Sears and R[D7]oebuck catal[G]og

Oh I would hum a happy tu[G]ne

Peepin' through the quarter moon
As my daddy's kin had done so much bef[D7]ore
It was in t[G]hat quiet spot, daily cares co[C]uld be forgot
And it g[G]ave the same relief to r[D7]ich and p[G]oor

[CHORUS]
Don't let 'em [G]tear, that little brown building down
Don't let 'em te[D7]ar, that precious building [G]down
Don't let 'em tear that dear old bui[C]lding [Am]down
There's n[G]ot another like [C]it in the country [D7]or the to[G]wn

Now it was not a castle f[G]air

But I could dream a future there
Build my castles to the yellow jacket's d[D7]rone
I could o[G]rbit around the sun, fight with Gen,r[C]al Washington
Or be a k[G]ing upon [D7]a golden thro[G]ne

It wasn't fancy built at [G]all;

We had newspapers on the wall
It was air-conditioned in the winter [D7]time
Oh it was j[G]ust a humble hut but it's door was [C]never shut
And a man [G]could get inside with[D7]out a d[G]ime

[CHORUS]
Don't let 'em te[G]ar, that little brown building down
Don't let 'em t[D7]ear, that precious buildin[G]g down
Don't let 'em tear that dear old bu[C]ilding d[Am]own
There's n[G]ot another like [C]it in the countr[D7]y or the t[G]own