Chords with lyrics
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW: SWEET SUNNY SOUTH (LIVE AT TIVOLI)
G+G C majorC G+G
take me home to the place where i first saw the light
C majorC
to the sweet sunny south take me home
G+G C majorC G+G
where the mockingbirds sang me to sleep every night
D MajorD G+G
oh why was i tempted to roam
G+G C majorC G+G
oh i think with regret of that dear home i left
C majorC
and the warm hearts that sheltered me there
G+G C majorC G+G
of my wife and the dear ones with whom i bereft
D MajorD G+G
for the old place i long to be near
G+G C majorC G+G
take me back to the place where the orange trees grow
C majorC
to my plot in the evergreen's shade
G+G C majorC G+G
where the flowers from the rivers green margins do grow
D MajorD G+G
and spread their sweet scent through the glade
G+G C majorC G+G
oh the path to our cottage they say has grown green
C majorC
and the place is quite lonely around
G+G C majorC G+G
oh i know that the smiles and the forms i have seen
D MajorD G+G
now lie in the dark mossy ground
G+G C majorC G+G
take me back let me see what is left that i knew
C majorC
can it be that the old house is gone
G+G C majorC G+G
dear friends of my childhood indeed must be few
D MajorD G+G
and i must face my death all alone
G+G C majorC G+G
take me back to the place where my little ones sleep
C majorC
oh marcie lays buried near by
G+G C majorC G+G
ore the graves of my loved ones i long for to weep
D MajorD G+G
and among them to rest when i die
G+G C majorC G+G
take me back to the place where i first saw the light
C majorC
to the sweet sunny south take me home
G+G C majorC G+G
where the mockingbirds sang me to sleep every night
D MajorD G+G
oh why was i tempted to roam