Bobby Bare - Ode to the little brown shack out back

^CThey passed an ordinance in the town, they said we’d have to tear it down, That little old shack out back so dear to ^G7me. Though the he^Calth department said its day was ^Fover and dead, It will s^Ctand forever ^G7in my mem^Cory.

Don’t let them te^Car that little brown buildin’ down. Don’t let them t^G7ear that precious b^Cuildin’ down. Don’t let them t^Cear that dear old b^Fuildin’ down, For there’s n^Cot another like it in the c^Country o^G7r the to^Cwn.

It was ^Cnot so long ago that I went trippin’ through the snow Out to that house behind my old hound d^G7og, Where I would s^Cit me down to rest like a snow^Fbird on his nest And r^Cead the Sears and Ro^G7ebuck cata^Clog.

I would ^Chum a happy tune peepin’ through the quarter moon As my daddy’s kin had done b^G7efore. It was i^Cn that quiet spot daily ca^Fres could be forgot, And it g^Cave the same reli^G7ef to rich and p^Coor.

Don’t let them te^Car that little brown buildin’ down. Don’t let them t^G7ear that precious b^Cuildin’ down. Don’t let them t^Cear that dear old b^Fuildin’ down, For there’s n^Cot another like it in the c^Country o^G7r the to^Cwn.

Now it was n^Cot a castle fair, but I could dream a future there And whistle tunes to the yellow jacket’s d^G7rone. I could or^Cbit around the sun, fight with Ge^Fneral Washington, Or ^Cbe a king up^G7on a golden th^Crone.

It wasn’t fa^Cncy built at all, we had newspapers on the wall. It was air conditioned in the winter^G7time, It was ju^Cst a humble hut, but it’s d^Foor was never shut, And a ^Cman could get in^G7side without a d^Cime.

Don’t let them te^Car that little brown buildin’ down. Don’t let them t^G7ear that precious b^Cuildin’ down. Don’t let them t^Cear that dear old b^Fuildin’ down, For there’s n^Cot another like it in the c^Country o^G7r the to^Cwn.