Key: D
Introduction:
Fm7 Fm
Pale moon shining on the / fields below
C D9
Folks are crooning songs / soft and low
G7 Gb7 G7 E7
Need not tell me so, be /cause I know it's
F Fm C
Sleepy time down / south
Fm7 Fm
Softs winds blowing thru the / pinewood trees
C D9
Folks down there live a / life of ease
G7 Gb7 G7 E7
When the twilight brings the / evening breeze, it's
F Fm C
Sleepy time down / south
A Bm C#m Cº
Steamboats on the river, a / coming, a going
Bm E7 A Bm
Splashing the night a / way
A Bm C#m Cº
Hear those banjos ringing, the / folks are all singing, they
Bm E7/F A
Dance till break of / day
Fm7 Fm
Dear old Southland with its / dreamy songs
C D9
Takes back there where / I belong
G7 Gb7 G7 E7
Ill find heaven in my / mothers arms, when it's
F Fm C
Sleepy time down / south