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