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Swanee River by Aimee Mann

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Key: F#m
Tuning: E A D G B E

Intro:

Em  B7  Em     B7  Em
 
 
Verse 1:
            B7                   Em
I hate everything that I loved before
             B7                Em
Rings pin my hand to the river floor
C           Em                    Am
The waiting birds say to struggle free
           G                           B7                     Em
Well I can take it or leave it but for now I’ll just leave it be
 
 
Chorus:
C    G       F      Am
Way upon the Swanee River
    C        G        D      Em
The mournful owls and egrets call
    C         G         F      Am
You swore and called me Indian giver
        G       D       C
But the Indians gave it all

Verse 2:
Em          B7                   Em
The swollen limbs of the cypress trees
          B7                  Em
Swung overhead like a dead trapeze
C            Em                      Am
A white tail deer raised her head at me
           G                          B7                     Em
But I went under with a sigh before I even got the chance to see
 
 
Chorus:
C    G       F      Am
Way upon the Swanee River
    C        G        D      Em
The mournful owls and egrets call
    C         G         F      Am
You swore and called me Indian giver
        G       D       C
But the Indians gave it all
         G       D       C
Yeah the Indians gave it all
 
 
[Instrumental Break]
C G D Am    G D C    G D Am
Em  B7  Em
 
 
Verse 3:
Em            B7                    Em
My bones will rise like the eyes of Gibbon
                B7                    Em
From a tomb you built on a fine black silt
C               G                      Am
When the summer comes and the junebugs whine
       G                                 B7                Em
I will float up where the river comes to rest on the water line
 
 
[Out-Chorus]
C    G       F      Am
Way upon the Swanee River
    C        G        D      Em
The mournful owls and egrets call
    C         G         F      Am
You swore and called me Indian giver
        G       D       C
But the Indians gave it all
         G       D       C     Em
Yeah the Indians gave it all