G
They passed an ordinance in the town
They said we'd have to tear it down
D7
That little old shack out back so dear to me
G
Though the Health Department said
C
It's day was over and dead
G D7 G
It will stand forever in my memory
Chorus
G
Don't let 'em tear, that little brown building down
D7 G
Don't let 'em tear, that precious building down
C Am
Don't let 'em tear that dear old building down
G C D7 G
There's not another like it in the country or the town
G
It was not so long ago
That I went tripping through the snow
D7
Out to that house behind my old hound dog
G
Where I would sit me down to rest
C
Like a snowbird on his nest
G D7 G
And I'd read that Sears and Roebuck catalog
G
Oh I would hum a happy tune
Peepin' through the quarter moon
D7
As my daddy's kin had done so much before
G C
It was in that quiet spot, daily cares could be forgot
G D7 G
And it gave the same relief to rich and poor
Chorus
G
Don't let 'em tear, that little brown building down
D7 G
Don't let 'em tear, that precious building down
C Am
Don't let 'em tear that dear old building down
G C D7 G
There's not another like it in the country or the town
G
Now it was not a castle fair
But I could dream a future there
D7
Build my castles to the yellow jacket's drone
G C
I could orbit around the sun, fight with Gen,ral Washington
G D7 G
Or be a king upon a golden throne
G
It wasn't fancy built at all;
We had newspapers on the wall
D7
It was air-conditioned in the winter time
G C
Oh it was just a humble hut but it's door was never shut
G D7 G
And a man could get inside without a dime
Chorus
G
Don't let 'em tear, that little brown building down
D7 G
Don't let 'em tear, that precious building down
C Am
Don't let 'em tear that dear old building down
G C D7 G
There's not another like it in the country or the town