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Chattanooga Choo Choo
Words & Music by Mack Gordon & Harry WarrenRecorded by Glenn Miller, 1941
From "Sun Valley Serenade"
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Par - don me, boy, is that the Chattanooga choo choo?
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Track twen - ty - nine -
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Boy, you can give me a shine.
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I can af - ford to board a Chattanooga choo choo --
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I've got my fare and just a trifle to spare.
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You leave the Pennsylvania Station 'bout a quarter to four,
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Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore;
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Dinner in the diner, nothing could be finer
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Than to have your ham an' eggs in Carolina.
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When you hear the whistle blowin' eight to the bar,
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Then you know that Tennessee is not very far.
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Shovel all the coal in, gotta keep it rollin' --
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Woo, woo, Chattanooga there you are.
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There's gonna be a certain party at the sta - tion,
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Satin and lace, I used to call "funny face."
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She's gonna cry until I tell her that I'll never roam.
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So Chattanooga choo choo, won't you choo-choo me home?
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Chattanooga choo choo, won't you choo-choo me home?