Old Folks At Home Swanee River chords by Stephen Foster

Chords with lyrics

Old Folks At Home (Swanee River) chords
Stephen Foster (as sung by Paul Robeson)

C majorC         FF
Way down upon the Swanee River,
C majorC     G+G
Far, far away
C majorC            FF
That's where my heart is turning ever
C majorC        G+G     C majorC
That's where the old folks stay
          FF
All up and down the whole creation,
C majorC    G+G
Sadly I roam
C majorC           FF
Still longing for the old plantation
C majorC      G+G      C majorC
And for the old folks at home

G+G        C majorC        FF      C majorC  G+G
All the world is sad and dreary, everywhere I roam
C majorC         FF
Oh, Lordy, how my heart grows weary,
C majorC      G+G      C majorC
far from the old folks at home

C majorC           FF
All 'round the little farm I wandered,
C majorC     G+G
When I was young
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Then many happy days I squandered,
C majorC    G+G    C majorC
Many the songs I sung
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When I was playing with my brother,
C majorC     G+G
Happy was I
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Oh, take me to my kind old mother,
C majorC      G+G    C majorC
There let me live and die

G+G        C majorC        FF      C majorC  G+G
All the world is sad and dreary, everywhere I roam
C majorC         FF
Oh, Lordy, how my heart grows weary,
C majorC      G+G      C majorC
far from the old folks at home

C majorC        FF
One little hut among the bushes,
C majorC     G+G
One that I love
C majorC            FF
Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes,
C majorC     G+G    C majorC
No matter where I rove
C majorC          FF
When shall I see the bees a humming,
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All 'round the comb
C majorC           FF
When shall I hear the banjo strumming,
C majorC     G+G    C majorC
Down by my good old home

G+G        C majorC        FF      C majorC  G+G
All the world is sad and dreary, everywhere I roam
C majorC         FF
Oh, Lordy, how my heart grows weary,
C majorC      G+G      C majorC
far from the old folks at home


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