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(Old Folks At Home)

SWANEE RIVER

Words and Music by Stephen Foster

C	G7	C          C7	F
C	Am7       D7	G7	-
C	G7	C          C7	F
C	G7	C	-          Ab
G7          Dm7	G7	C	-
F	-              Cdim	C          Gdim	G7
C	G7	C          G7	F
C	G7	C	-   (Repeat)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

Click here for an arrangement in the key of F.

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Way down up -on the Swa -nee Riv -er

Far, far a -way,

There's where my heart is turn -ing ev -er,

There's where the old folks stay.

All the world is sad and drear -y

Ev -'ry where I roam.

Oh! dar -kies how my heart grows wear -y

Far from the old folks at home.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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