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When It's Sleepy Time Down South

Words and Music by Leon Rene, Otis Rene, and Clarence Muse - 1930

Verse:
F	E7	C        Cdim	C7        Cdim
C7        Cdim	C7         C+	F         Dm	Gm7      C7
F	E7	A	-            Edim
Bm7         E7	Bm7         E7	A	C7         F7
Chorus:
Bb	Bbm	F	G7
C9	Gm  B7  Am  A7	Bb         Eb9	F
Bb	Bbm	F	G7
C9	Gm  B7  Am  A7	Bb         Eb9	F           E7
A	-            Edim	Bm7       E7	A
-	-            Edim	Bm7       E7	A          C7
Bb	Bbm	F	G7
C9	Gm  B7  Am  A7	Bb         Eb9	F      (F7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

This song is in the key of F.

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Verse:

Homesick, tired,  All alone in a big city,

Why should ev'rybody pity me?

Night time's falling,  And I'm yearning for Virginia,

Hospitality within ya calls me.

 

Chorus:

Pale moon shinning on the fields below,  Folks are crooning songs soft and low,

Needn't tell me so, because I know,  It's Sleepy Time Down South.

Soft winds blowing thru the pinewood trees,  Folks down there live a life of ease,

When the twilight brings the ev'ning breeze,  It's Sleepy Time Down South.

Steamboats on the river, a-coming, a-going,  Splashing the night away,

Hear those banjos ringing, the folks all a-singing,  They dance till break of day.

Dear old Southland with its dreamy songs,  Takes me back there where I belong,

I'll find heaven in my mothers arms,  When It's Sleepy Time Down South.

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Performer Links:

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Watch John Wilder perform "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" on the plectrum banjo (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

This Chord Chart may not appear correctly with some browsers.  It should be viewed with a full size window.

The chord names should appear in single rows.   Let me know of any problems.

 

email: jbott@ix.netcom.com