Louis Armstrong

When It's Sleepy Time Down South

Louis Armstrong


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Fm7                        Fm/Bb 
Pale moon shining on the / fields below 
C                          D9    
Folks are crooning songs / soft and low 
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Need not tell me so, be /cause I know it's 
F       Fm/Bb      C 
Sleepy time down / south 

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Softs winds blowing thru the / pinewood trees 
C                         D9   
Folks down there live a / life of ease 
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When the twilight brings the / evening breeze, it's 
F      Fm/Bb        C 
Sleepy time down / south 

A                 Bm          C#m      Cdim 
Steamboats on the river, a / coming, a going 
Bm            E7        A        Bm 
Splashing the night a / way  
A                 Bm             C#m            Cdim 
Hear those banjos ringing, the / folks are all singing, they 
Bm         E7/F       A 
Dance till break of / day 

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Dear old Southland with its / dreamy songs 
C                        D9      
Takes back there where / I belong 
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Ill find heaven in my / mothers arms, when it's  
F      Fm/Bb       C 
Sleepy time down / south