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