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