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Shady Rest Home

from Dancing Now by David Hakan

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lyrics

THE SHADY REST HOME
G G7
Welcome to the Shady Rest Home.
C Ddim9
Old folk singers never die.
G D
They just move a little farther to the left
C D G C-G C-G
at the folk singer's Shady Rest Home,
Shady Rest Home, Shady Rest Home.
G C-G-C
Hand me down my bent hickory walker,
D C G
the one with the built-in tambourine.
G C-G-C
Strap me in good and tight, now
D C-G-C G C-G C-G
so we can pick and sing, pick and sing, pick and sing.
Judy still does some clogging
with just a little less spank.
“This machine kills fascists.”
scrawled across her oxygen tank, oxygen tank, oxygen tank.
REFRAIN
Em C
Everything's stopped working or gone haywire,
D C G
Yeah, all of our body parts are sold.
Em C
Don't ask me about the ones who've left us.
D C G
They've just gone on the road.
Em C D-D7
And our act just isn't quite ready yet, ready yet, ready yet.
The whole gang went down to the state house
to stop a bill that would censor and cramp.
The police couldn't lift a finger,
they still hadn't built a wheelchair ramp,
wheelchair ramp, wheelchair ramp.
Kathy and Steve formed a duo.
They forget that they are married about once a week.
Our newlyweds sure steam up the windows.
You should hear that concertina squeak,
concertina squeak, concertina squeak.
words and music by
David B. Hakan 5-18-92
© 2000 David B Hakan All Rights Reseved

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