When It's Sleepy Time Down South chords by Gordon Jenkins, Louis Armstrong
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Intro 1
(C major) (D minor) (G major) (C major)
Verse 1
Now (F major) the pale moon's shining
(F minor) on the fields below (C major)
(A minor) The folks are crooning (D major) songs
soft and low (D minor)
You needn't (G major) tell me, boy,
(Bsus4) because I know (E major) (F major)
When it's sleepy time (C major) down south
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Verse 2
(F major)
Soft (B major) wind (D major) blowing through
(C major) the pinewood trees
(A minor) The folks down there (D major)
live a life of ease (D minor)
When old (D flatdim) mammy fall (D minor) s
on her knees (E major) (F major)
When (B flat major) it's sleepy time down
(C major) south
(B major)
Verse 3
(E major)
Steamboats on the river a- coming,
a- going (B major)
Splashing the night away (E major)
You hear those banjos ringing,
all the people all singing (B major)
They dance 'til the break of (E major) day, oh
(B flat major)
Verse 4
(F major)
Dear old southland with
(F minor) his dreamy songs (C major)
Take (A minor) me back (D major) where I belong (D minor)
(D flatdim) Right here in (C major) my mammy's
arm (E major) s (A minor)
When (C major) it's sleepy time down south
Interlude 1
(C major) (F sharpdim) (B major)
(E major) (F sharp minor) (B major) (E major)
(C sharp minor) (E major) (F sharp minor) (B major) (E major) (G major)
Verse 5
(F major) Dear old southland with
(B flat major) his dreamy song (C major) s (B flat major) (C major)
(A minor) Take me back (D major) where I belong (D minor)
Right (G major) here in my mammy's (Bsus4) (B major) arm (E major) s
When it's (F major) sleepy time,
(C major) sleepy time, (B flat major) down (C major) south
Interlude 2
(C major)
Verse 6
Yes, (C major) Lord
When It's Sleepy Time Down South
Gordon Jenkins, Louis Armstrong
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