When It's Sleepy Time Down South Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][D][G][G][E][F]
[Bb][C][F][Bb][C]
[D][G][G][E][F]
[Bb][C][F]
[G][C][F][Gm][C]

[Verse 1]
Now the [F]pale [Bb]moon's shining on the fields [C]below
The folks are crooning [D]songs
soft [G]and low
You needn't tell me, boy,
[G]because I k[E]now[F]
When [Bb]it's sleepy time down [C]south

[Verse 2]
[F]Soft wind blowing through the
[Bb]pinewood trees
The [C]folks down there live
a [D]life [G]of ease
When old mammy falls
[G]on [E]her knees[F]
When it's [Bb]sleepy time down [C]south[B]

[Verse 3]
[E]Steamboats on the[F#m] river
a-coming, a-going
[E]Splashing Splashing [C#]Spla[F#m]shing
the [B]night [E]away[F#m][B]
[E]You hear those banjos[F#m] ringing,
[G#m]all the people[C#] all singing
They [F#m]dance 'til the [E]break of day,
oh
[G]

[Verse 4]
[F]
Dear old southland with his
[Bb]dreamy songs
[C]Take me back where [D]I b[G]elong
Right here in my [G]mammy's
arms
[E]When it's sleepy time [Dm]down south

[Verse 5]
Dear old southland with [Dm]his
dreamy songs
Take me back [D]where I belong
Right [G]here in my mammy's arms
When [C]it's sleepy time,
sleepy time, down south

[Verse 6]
[C]Yes, Lord