Chords with lyrics
Southern Nights - Allen Toussaint (1975)
Capo 1st Fret
Intro
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Verse 1
F6F6
Southern nights,
G+G
Have you ever felt a southern night?
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Free as a breeze, not to mention the trees,
A minorAm (C7C7)
Whistling tunes that you know and love so.
(know)
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Verse 2
F6F6
Southern skies,
D7D7 G+G
Just as good even when closed yours eyes,
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
I apologise,
A minorAm
To anyone who can truly say,
C7C7
That he has found a better way.
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Verse 3
F6F6
Feel so good
D7D7
Feels so good, it's frightening,
G+G
Wish I could stop this world from fighting,
(la di da da etc)
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|F6,,,|F6,,,|x2
Verse 4
F6F6
Southern skies,
D7D7 G+G
Have you ever noticed southern skies?
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
It's precious beauty lies just beyond the eye,
A minorAm
It goes running through your soul,
C7C7
Like the stories told of old.
|Fsus4,F,|F,,,|
Verse 5
F6F6
Old man,
D7D7 G+G
He and his dog that walked the old land,
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Every flower touched his cold hand,
A minorAm
As he slowly walked by,
C7C7
Weeping willows
(F6F6)
Would cry for joy.
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Verse 6
F6F6
Mysteries,
D7D7 G+G
Like this and many others in the trees,
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Blow in the night,
C majorC F6F6
In the southern sky.
(la di da da etc)
|F6,,,|D7,,,|G,,,|G,,,|Bbmaj7,,,|C,,,|F6,,,| Fade out