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When It's Sleepy Time Down South

Key: D

Introduction:

difficulty
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           G7M             G6                           Gm             Gm7 
Pale moon shining on the fields below
 D                 D7M                         E7           Bm9   Bb9 
Folks are crooning songs soft and low
 Em7         G/B                         A4/7  A7       G 
Needn't tell me so, beause     I     know
                           Gm                 D 
It's sleepy time down south
 G7M                   G6                           Gm             Gm7 
Softs winds blowing thru the pinewood trees
 D                 D7M                     E7           Bm9     Bb9 
Folks down there live a life of ease 
                     Em7         G/B             A4/7   A7           G 
When the twilight brings the evening breeze
                           Gm                 D 
It's sleepy time down south
 F#                               Bbm           B                   C#7                                                                              F 
Steamboats on the river, a-comin' and a-goin', splashing the night away
 F#                               Bbm                     B                         C#7                                                     B                                   C#7       A7 
Hear those banjos ringing, the folks are alla-singin' they dance till break of day
 G7M                 G6                             Gm           Gm7 
Dear old Southland, with its dreamy songs
 D                 D7M                       E7       Bm9     Bb9 
Takes me back there where I belong
 Em7         G/B             A4/7  A7       G 
How I'd love to be mother's arms
                                     Gm                 D 
When it's sleepy time down south
 F#                               Bbm           B                   C#7                                                                                F 
Steamboats on the river, a-comin' and a-goin', splashing the night away
 F#                               Bbm                     B                         C#7                                                     B                                   C#7       A7 
Hear those banjos ringing, the folks are alla-singin'   they dance till break of day
   G     G7M     G6                               Gm9         Gm7 
Dear old Southland, with its dreamy songs
 D         D9   D7M     D6   E7     Bm9     Bb9 
Takes me back where I belong
 Em7         G/B             A4/7  A7         G 
How I'd love to be mother's arms
                         G         Gm                 D       Bm7 
When it's sleepy time down south
                       Em7     G/B  A4/7       A7   D6 
When it's sleepy           time   down south

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