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When It's Sleepy Time Down South Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]In [Em]Basin[A] Stree[D]t
[F#]is the street
Where [B]all the boys and
the boot folks meet
Down the New Or[E]leans,
[A]and the land of dreams
And you'll [D]never know how [E]nice it [B]seems
Not [E]just how much it [D]really means
Laloli

[Verse 2]
Go give to me, [F#]yes sirree
Give [B]to me, yes sirree
Can't you see baby
[E]I c[A]an't lose, l[B]ose good a[A]ll Basin Street b[D]lues[E][Fdim]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][A][D][F#][B]
[E][A][D][Dm][Fdim]
[Em][A][D][F#][B]
[E][A][D][F][Dm]
[Em][Am][A][D][F#][B]
[E][A][D][Fdim]
[Em][A][D][F#][B]
[E][A][D][Fdim]
[Em][A][D][F#][B]
[E][A][D][Fdim]
[Em][E][A][D][F#][B]
[E][D][A]
[D]Never know how nice it seems Just

[Verse 3]
how much [C]it really means
Ehh I see the moon and
the moon is pale
And I look like it takes some [C]cat to jail
[C]Now it's a moon is pale the sun
and the the sun is gone
[B]And the steam wants to come
in and it splashes on the good
[C]Uhh uhh
Ehh babasdodo

[Verse 4]
And the pale [Am]moon shining
on the [F]fields [C]below
Folks are singing songs [D]soft and low,
you
[Dm]Needn't tell me [F]bob [G]'cause I know
[F]It's sleepy tim[C]e down south

[Verse 5]
[C]Soft wind [F]blowing
through the pinewood [E]trees[Fm]
[E]And the [C]folks down there
live a [D]life of ease
[Dm]When old [F]mammy falls upon [G]her knees
[F]It's sleepy time dow[C]n south
Steam[B]boats [E]on the river

[Verse 6]
coming or going
[A]Spl[B]ashing th[E]e night die
[F#]Hear [B]babaahb, [E]banjos ringing,
every[F#]body singing[B]
They [E]dance 'til the break [G]of day, hey

[Verse 7]
Dear old [F]southland and
his dreamy song[E]s
[C]And it takes me back there
where [D]I belong
[Am]How I'd love to be
[F]in [Dm]my mammy's arms
[C]When it's [F]sleepy [C]time down sou[F]th

[Interlude 2]
[F][C][D][Dm][F]
[G][F]
[Ab][C][F]
[C][D][Am][Dm][F][Dm]
[C][F][C]
[B]Steamboats

[Verse 8]
[E]on the river com[F#]ing or going
[B]Splashing[E] the night die
[F#]Hear [B]babaahb, [E]banjos ringing,
everybody [B]singing
[E]They dance 'til the break of day, hey
[Am]Dear old [F]southland and

[Verse 9]
[F]
his dreamy songs
And it takes [C]me back there where I [D]belong
How I'd love to [F]be in my mammy's
arms
[F]When it's sleepy time [C]down south
[C]
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