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- SWANEE
- Words by Irving
Ceaser, Music by George Gershwin - 1919
| Verse: |
| Fm |
Bbm |
Fm |
Gm7 C7 |
| Fm |
G7 Bbm7 |
Fm |
- |
| Bb |
Fm |
Bb |
Fm C7 |
| Fm |
- |
C |
- C7 |
| Fm |
Bbm |
Fm |
Gm7 C7 |
| Fm |
G7 Bbm7 |
Fm |
- |
| Bb |
Fm |
Bb |
Fm C7 |
| Fm |
C7 |
Fm Fm7 |
G7 Dbm6 |
| Chorus: |
| F |
- |
F+ |
- |
| Bb |
Gm7 C9 |
F Gm7 |
F C F C7 |
| F |
Db7 |
C9 |
- Gm D7 Db7 |
| C9 |
- |
F |
C9 Am E C7 |
| F |
- |
F+ |
- |
| Bb |
Gm7 C9 |
F Gm7 |
F C F C7 |
| F |
F+ |
Bb F+ Gm |
- F#dim |
| C7 Dm C Bb |
Am C7 F |
- |
- (end
after repeat) |
| C7 |
- |
F |
- |
| C7 |
- |
Bb F |
- |
| C7 |
- |
F |
- |
| F F7 |
G9 C7 |
F Db7 Bb7 |
F (repeat chorus) |
- 4-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
- _______
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- Verse:
- I've been away from you
a long time,
- I never thought I'd miss
you so,
- Somehow I feel, Your
love was real,
- Near you I long to be.
- The birds are singing, It
is songtime,
- The banjos strummin' soft
and low,
- I know that you, Yearn
for me too;
- Swanee, You're calling
me.
-
- Chorus:
- Swanee, How I love
you, How I love you,
- My dear old Swanee;
- I'd give the world to be,
- Among the folks in D-i-x-i-e-ven
know my,
- Mammy's, Waiting for
me, Praying for me,
- Down by the Swanee,
- The folks up north will
see me no more,
- When I go to the Swanee
shore.
- (end after repeat)
- Swanee, Swanee,
- I am coming back to Swanee.
- Mammy, Mammy,
- I love the old folks at
home.
- (repeat chorus)
- _______
-
- Performer Links:
- (webpage)
-
- Watch John
Green's Banjo Ensemble perform "Swanee" (youtube)
-
- Listen to
the Southern California Banjo Band perform "Swanee"
(youtube, timestamp 8:45)
-
- Listen to the WineLand Banjo
Band perform "Swanee" (mp3)
- _______
-
- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- The chord names should
appear in single rows. Let me know of any problems.
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com