Key: C
Introduction:
Cm Am7(b5) D7 G7
Cradle me where southern skies
Gm7 C7 Fm7 Eb7M(9)
Can watch me with a million eyes
Dm7(b5)
Oh sing me to sleep
G7 Cm Ab7 G7
Lullaby of the leaves
Cm Am7(b5) D7 G7
Cover me with heaven's blue
Gm7 C7 Fm7 Eb7M(9)
And let me dream a dream or two
Dm7(b5)
Oh sing me to sleep
G7 Cm Ab7 G7
Lullaby of the leaves
Fm7
I'm breezing along, along with the breeze
Ab7
I'm hearing a song, a song through the trees
C6 C7
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Fm7
That pine melody caressing the shore
Ab7
Familiar to me, I've heard it before
C6 A7 Dm7(b5) G7
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh that's Southland
Cm Am7(b5) D7 G7
Don't I feel it in my soul
Gm7 C7 Fm7 Eb9
And don't I know I've reached my goal
Dm7(b5)
Oh sing me to sleep
G7 Cm Ab7 G7 Cm
Lullaby of the leaves
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