Old Folks At Home Swanee River chords by Stephen Foster

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



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