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