D (xx0232@1)    A7 (x02020@1)                Bm (x24432@1)     D/G (300232@1)  D (xx0232@1) Bm (x24432@1)A/A7
Way down upon the Swanee River, far, far away
D (xx0232@1)       A7 (x02020@1)                     Bm (x24432@1)  D/GThat's (300232@1)where my heart is turning ever
 D (xx0232@1)      Bm (x24432@1)       A7 (x02020@1)       DThat's (xx0232@1)where the old folks stay

All up and down the whole creation, sadly I roam
Still longing for the old plantation
And for the old folks at home

A7 (x02020@1)                  D (xx0232@1)          D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)              A/A7
All the world is sad and dreary everywhere I roam
D (xx0232@1) A7 (x02020@1)                    Bm (x24432@1)   D (xx0232@1)    GOh (320003@1)darkies, how my heart grows weary
 D (xx0232@1)        A7 (x02020@1)                 DFar (xx0232@1)from the old folks at home

All 'round the little farm I wandered, when I was young
Then many happy days I squandered, many the songs I sung
When I was playing with my brother, happy was I
Oh, take me to my kind old mother, there let me live and die

One little hut among the bushes, one that I love
Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes, no matter where I rove
When shall I see the bees a humming, all 'round the comb
When shall I hear the banjo strumming, down by my good old home