title: Little Old Sod Shanty On My Claimkey: Folkharp type: Chromaticgenre: Dskill: AnyAmerican pioneer songKey: D-7 -7 -7 -8 -7 -7 -6*-6*I’m look-ing rath-er seed-y now-5 6 -5 -5 -4 -5While hold-ing down my claim-5 -5 -5 -5 -6* -6* -8 -7And my vit-tles are not al-ways-6* -6* 6Served the best-6* 7 -7 -7 -8 -7 -7 -6*And the mice play shy-ly ‘round me-6*-5 6 -5 -5 -4 -5As I nes-tle down to rest-5 6 -6* -7 -7 -6* 6 7In my lit-tle old sod shan-ty-6* 6 -5In the West6 -6* 7 7 7 7 -8 -8Oh, the hing-es are of leath-er-8 -8 -8 -7 -7 -6* -7And the win-dows have no glass-5 -5 -5 -5The boards they let-5 -8 -7 -6* -6* 6The howl-ing bliz-zard in-6* 7 -7 -7 -8 -7 -7 -6*You can see the hun-gry coy-ote6 -5 6 -5 -5 -4 -5As he slinks up in the grass-5 6 -6* -7 -7 -6* 6 7‘Round my lit-tle old sod shan-ty-6* 6 -5On my claim