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#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------# Old Folks At Home (Swanee River) chords Stephen Foster (as sung by Paul Robeson) C F Way down upon the Swanee River, C G Far, far away C F That's where my heart is turning ever C G C That's where the old folks stay F All up and down the whole creation, C G Sadly I roam C F Still longing for the old plantation C G C And for the old folks at home
G C F C G All the world is sad and dreary, everywhere I roam C F Oh, Lordy, how my heart grows weary, C G C far from the old folks at home C F All 'round the little farm I wandered, C G When I was young C F Then many happy days I squandered, C G C Many the songs I sung C F When I was playing with my brother, C G Happy was I C F Oh, take me to my kind old mother, C G C There let me live and die G C F C G All the world is sad and dreary, everywhere I roam C F Oh, Lordy, how my heart grows weary, C G C far from the old folks at home C F One little hut among the bushes, C G One that I love C F Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes, C G C No matter where I rove C F When shall I see the bees a humming, C G All 'round the comb C F When shall I hear the banjo strumming, C G C Down by my good old home G C F C G All the world is sad and dreary, everywhere I roam C F Oh, Lordy, how my heart grows weary, C G C far from the old folks at home Set8
Old Folks At Home Swanee River Chords Info
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Chords: C, F, G