Louis Armstrong

When It's Sleepy Time Down South(Chords)

Louis Armstrong

Key: Fm7

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	        WHEN ITS SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH 

Fm7			   Fm/Bb 
Pale moon shining on the / fields below 
C			   D9  	 
Folks are crooning songs / soft and low 
G7	    Gb7		 G7	   E7 
Need not tell me so, be /cause I know it's 
F       Fm/Bb	   C 
Sleepy time down / south 

Fm7			       Fm/Bb 
Softs winds blowing thru the / pinewood trees 
C			  D9   
Folks down there live a / life of ease 
G7	    Gb7		       G7      E7 
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 

FM7			      Fm/Bb 
Dear old Southland with its / dreamy songs 
C			 D9  	 
Takes back there where / I belong 
G7	 Gb7		G7	E7 
Ill find heaven in my / mothers arms, when it's  
F      Fm/Bb	   C 
Sleepy time down / south
	        

Written by Clarence Muse/Leon René/Otis Rene

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