Chattanooga Choo-Choo

(simple chords)

Words & Music:

Mack Gordon & Harry Warren

[1^st vox note = F#]

 

D                           G           D

Pardon me, boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo-Choo?

D            E7  A7                       D     G

Track twenty-nine; boy, you can give me a shine.

D                 G7                    D

Can you afford to board the Chattanooga Choo-Choo?

         E7  A7                     D

I got my fare, and just a trifle to spare.

 

D   D7        G            D7              G          D7

You leave the Pennsylvania Station 'bout a quarter to four.

D          G                    D7      D

Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore.

C             A7     G                E7

Dinner in the diner, nothing could be finer

A7                                    D7

Than to have your ham and eggs in Carolina.

 

When you hear the whistle blowing eight to the bar,

Then you know that Tennessee is not very far.

Shovel all your coal in, gotta keep a-rollin'.

Am7        D7        Am7          G

Whoo whoo, Chattanooga, there you are!

 

C                          F            C

There's gonna be a certain party at the station.

C         D7   G7                    C    F

Satin and lace, I used to call funny-face.

C                       C7                 F          Fm

She's gonna cry until I tell her that I'll never roam.

    C           Am7        F         G            C

So, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, won't you choo-choo me home?

C

Chattanooga, Chattanooga (Get aboard!)

C

Chattanooga, Chattanooga (All aboard!)

C                 Am7        F         G            C

Yeah, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, won't you choo-choo me home?