Key: Gb major
Verse 1
Em
E
Em
I love the coolness of the water
B
E
B
A
I love the softness
B
E
of the shore
Am
Em
E
Someday I know
A
Em
E
Em
That I will go homeward,
A
B
that's where I'll be.
E
B
The fish are jumping from the river,
E
B
E
The birds are graceful as they soar and soar,
E
B
A
B
E
River, you're calling me to Swanee,
how I love ya, how I love ya,
A
E
my dear old Swanee
Em
F#m
I'd give the world to be
B
F#
B
E
among the folks in D -I -X -I
Even now my mammy's waitin' for me,
A
E
prayin' for me down by the Swanee
G#
E
F#
The folks up north will see me no more.
A
B
When I go to the swan -east,
swan -east shore,
long time.
B
E
I never thought I'd miss you so.
E
A
B
Near you I long to love to be.
E
E
The banjo's strumming soft and low.
A
B
I know that you yearn for me too, Swanee,
C#m
A
I hear ya callin' me,
D#m
B
C#m
B
F#
B
E
D
I hear ya!
B
D#m
A
B
A
B
Swanee, how I love ya, how I love ya,
E
B
My dear old Swanee,
E
B
E
I give the world to be
C#m
E
amon g the folks way
F#
B
back in D .I .X.
F#
B
E
I even know my mammy's
waiting for me,
praying for me
A
E
Down by the Suwannee,
B
Bm
E
When I go to the Suwannee shore
C#
A
Now I'm gonna go right
E
A
Suwannee shore
E
A
I'll live no more,
C#dim
A
Am
E
my mammy and my Suwannee shore
C#dim
A
Am
By Swanee's
E
Shore
E
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