key of A5 Intro notes for Mandolin: A5 , Ab5 , Gb5 , E5 , Gb5 , E5 , Ab5 , A5 , A5 , Ab5 , Gb5 , Gb5 , Ab5 , A5 , B5 , A5 , Ab5 A5 Intro with guitar: one strum each of first four chords} A5 , B5 , D5 , E5 then open up full strum-- A5 , B5 , D5 , E5 , A5 , E5 A5 B5 When I was a child down in South Caroline D5 E5 A5 E5 Soon's the Saturday sun went on down A5 B5 My folks and sister would go and leave me home all alone D5 E5 A5 Going to that big square dance in town F#5 C#5 Well my old radio would play that old opry show B5 E5 A5 So I never got lonesome or blue F#5 C#5 I'd fall asleep in my chair and dream that I was right there B5 B5 E5 Just singing the whole night through A5 When my folks would come home B5 They'd be humming a song D5 E5 F#5 Mama'd smile and say, "Child, don't you know, D5 there ain't a thing in this world to make you A5 F#5 B5 E5 A5 E5 fall in love girl, like the San Antonio Stroll" Same as intro, except twice | --- A5 , B5 , D5 , E5 , A5 , E5 A5 B5 Well the day finally come when my mama said, hun D5 E5 A5 E5 It's 'bout time you came with us as well A5 B5 Well I had me a time, yes I danced all the night D5 E5 A5 Til they rang that ol' crack-midnight bell F#5 Then the lights went down low C#5 The fiddler picked up his bow B5 E5 A5 And he played something steady and slow F#5 C#5 And my sister Irene and her husband to be B5 B5 E5 They held hands and began to stroll A5 E5 I've been away for a while, but it still brings a smile D5 E5 F#5 When I think of the way that it goes D5 A5 F#5 Now I'll sing it to you just so we both can do B5 E5 A5 E5 That old San Antonio Stroll (instrumental--exactly like intro, except twice. Also, for the mandolin, instead of ending on the note A5 , end on F#5 ) (chords for instrumental are: A5 , B5 , D5 , E5 , A5 , E5 , A5 , B5 , D5 , E5 , F#5 ) D5 A5 F#5 Yes I'll sing it to you just so we all can do B5 E5 A5 That old San Antonio Stroll Outro: Same as intro. Chords: A5 , B5 , D5 , E5 , A5
