Shine on Your Shoes (For Walt)

SHINE ON YOUR SHOES  		TONY BENNETT
 						 


KEY Eb

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Don’t you be a good for noth-in

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Nev-er mount to noth-in

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Hang-in round the cor-ners

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Can’t you see

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You nev-er will be

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Get-tin an-y-where

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If you want em-ploy-ment

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Tid-y up you fac-es

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And a-mount to sum-thin

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Those big men who got up there all de-clare


REFRAIN

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When there's a shine on your shoes

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There's a me-lo-dy in your heart 

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With a sing-a-ble, hap-py feel-ing

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A won-der-ful way to start 

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To face the world ev-ry day 

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With a "dee-dle-um-dee-di-di," 

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Lit-tle mel-o-dy that 

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Is mak-ing the wor-ry-ing world go by

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When you walk down the street 

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With a hap-py-go-luck-y beat

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You'll find a lot in what I'm re-peat-ing 

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"When there's a shine on your shoes

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There's a mel-o-dy in your heart," 

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What a won-der-ful way to start the day


PATTER

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There’s the shine that you get

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In the bar-ber shop

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While the bar-ber’s go-ing

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Zig-gy-zig-gy-zig with his strop

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There’s  the shine that you get

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In the pull-man car

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While the train is go-ing

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Chug-gy-chug-gy-chug-gy-chug-gy-chug

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Go-ing far a-way

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There’s the shine that you get

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On the fer-ry boat

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While the wat-er’s go-ing

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Wish-y-wash-y-wish-y-wash-y-wish-y-wash-y-woo

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But it does-n’t mat-ter where you get it

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It-‘ll do a lot of good if you let it

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A lit-tle bit of pol-ish will a-bol-sh

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What’s both-er-ing you


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